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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Killycarney

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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An almost circular raised area (int. diam. 20.1m N-S) enclosed by a largely collapsed drystone wall (H lm; Wth 5.25m). A possible house platform (dims. 7.4m NE-SW; 6.4m NW-SE) is situated in the NE sector of the interior. Possible outer enclosure attached to the site from E-S-W defined by an irregular bank of earth and stone which incorporates bedrock.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV002-006

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  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this mountain top.
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Anne Burgess, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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