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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilkenny

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Map note: Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilkenny is recorded around Kilkenny, County Mayo, Ireland as a fairy fort or earthen ringfort. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA078-032

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
  • Eirambler, Wikimedia Commons
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.geograph.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John D. Reigh, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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