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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Knocknanool

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Marked as a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the E end of an undulating and interrupted E-W esker ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 25-30m) defined by a collapsed stone wall with facing-stones (original Wth 1.75m). Rath (RO048-146001-) is c. 100m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO048-147

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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