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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Kilcrohane

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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In pasture, close to shore, N side of Dunmanus Bay. Circular area (24.6m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by stone wall (H 1.9m). Large boulders used in wall-facing; core filled with smaller stones. Break in wall to NNW (Wth 2.25m). Interior planted with daffodils.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO138-016

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andrew Wood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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