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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockalassa

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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On E-facing slope of hill. Circular area (45m N-S; 40.5m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.4m), with external fosse (D 0.3m), S to N. Gap in bank in SE. Man-made underground passage (MA120-021002-) 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. 178.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA120-021001

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Elisa.rolle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; No machine-readable author provided. Christian1965~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; C Michael Hogan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Steve & Jemma Copley on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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