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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortanabla

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

At the crest of the W-facing slope of an NE-SW ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37.6m ENE-WSW; 34.6m NNW-SSE) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 5-5.2m; int. H 0.5-0.75m; ext. H 0.65-0.95m) with some bushes, which is slightly quarried NNE-NE, but which has no visible fosse. The entrance (Wth 3.7m) is at SW and there are lazy-beds in the interior. See the attached view taken from the WSW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO050-024

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Photo credits
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • infomatique, flickr
  • Mountbellew Golf Club; photographer not stated, Mountbellew Golf Club
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hyacinth45 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Photographer not named by Glenamaddy GAA club blog, glenamaddygaaclub.blogspot.com
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