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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Hilltown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a fairly level landscape. The site is now occupied by bungalow but the arc of scarp (H 0.8m) is visible S-W (C 34m). Standing stone (WX048-048001-) is 55m to the W.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX048-048

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What survives
Recorded monument

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • User Ali-oops on en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · GFDL
  • Ojsyork, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • DeFacto, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Cozzmick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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