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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killarcan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

Located on top of a NE-SW ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered but raised subcircular earthen platform (diam. c. 35m) defined by an overgrown scarp (H c. 1m) and outer fosse (at E: Wth 2.3m; D 0.35m). The original entrance is not identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE027-028

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Suse, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Unknown Weaver, English (active c. 1080), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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