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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on top of an E-W esker ridge in undulating countryside. Circular area (diam 31m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.2m) and outer fosse (Wth varies 2 - 3m; ext. D 0.2m) which is destroyed from E to S with no evidence of an external bank or entrance feature. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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