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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilbeg

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

On an E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.6m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4.4m; int. H 0.2-0.5m generally to 1m at N; ext. H 0.6m to 1.5m at E), which is reduced to a scarp at SE where there is a modernised entrance (Wth 4m), and a fosse (Wth of top 3.5-4m; Wth of base 1.5-2m; D 0.6-0.8m). It is circumscribed by a field bank and townland boundary with Killastalliff E-SW and by a N-S laneway at W, while a field bank to the N has been removed. The site of St Patrick's Well (RO024-013002-) is immediately outside the bank at NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO024-013001

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Laurel Lodged, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • John M, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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