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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortnakesh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. dims. 30.5m ENE-WSW; 28.5m NNW-SSE) enclosed by traces of a substantial earthen bank and a wide, shallow fosse. In the NW quadrant the bank does not rise above the internal area. Original entrance not recognisable. Internal area slopes fairly steeply to NW and NNE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV025-058

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What survives
Recorded monument

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Bruce Marlin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
  • Peter Gerken, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Deadstar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Adam Simpson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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