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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilvindoney

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In pasture, on E slope of low ridge. Oval-shaped area (48m N-S; 39m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.6m); tree covered, overlain with stone from levelled field fences. Gap in SW. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 177.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA110-013

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Explorer Tom Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows gates in Cashel would order a massive chipper with extra vinegar if they had hands. It was stolen from a rich estate, so it carries itself like it owns the whole street. It's the kind of place that judges your shoes before you even speak.

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