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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kelshabeg

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated at the lower W edge of Keadeen Mountain over looking a shallow valley. Circular area (diam. 35m) defined by a well-preserved bank (max. H 1.2m), truncated at W-NW by the road. A well-defined external fosse (max. D 1.3m), and a very slight external bank (H 0.3m) survive at the E. There is a possible entrance gap at the SSW with traces of a rectangular structure (dims. c. 6m E-W; 4m N-S) visible immediately inside and to the W of this entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI027-041

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  • Sarah777, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Trevor Littlewood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5
  • Digital Eye, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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