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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortatray

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture, on N side of and overlooking Owennagearagh River. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.4m). Interior truncated on E side by laneway; Man-made underground passage (CO061-168002-) in S half.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO061-168001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David P Howard, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Brendandiamond, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

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