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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Horsemount South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on W side of Carrigduff River. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 18m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; E half levelled on 1904 OS 6-inch map. Semicircular arc (25.5m N-S) formed by earthen bank (H 1.1m) survivesS->N; incorporated into field fence system. Bank heavily overgrown.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO040-077

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