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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Inisfale Island

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

Marked faintly as a circular embanked feature (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on an E-facing slope of Inishfale Island (diam. c. 300m) in Lough Allen. It is not visible at ground level in deciduous woodland.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO002-028

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What survives
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • RTG, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Pampuco, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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