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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Graigueanossy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

A circular area (diam. c. 34m) defined by a scarp (H c. 1.1m) intervening fosse (Wth c. 3m) and outer bank (Wth c. 2m, int. H c. 1m, ext. H c. 0.7m) NW-SE. No evidence of original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA034-009

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Photo credits
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • DAR Golf project gallery; individual photographer not stated, dargolf.com
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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