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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lackafinna

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture. Shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m), with a Man-made underground passage (SL120-054002-) marked as 'Cave' in the W half of the interior. It is shown on the 1929 edition of the map only as an arc of hachuring curving W-N. It was levelled during reclamation in 1990 (Lavelle 1994).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA120-054001

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; C Michael Hogan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; yanshoof • שיחה • דרוש משתמש שיש לגביו הסכמה כללית בוויקי לניסוי מעניין (Transfered by מתניה /Original uploaded by Yanshoof ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; No machine-readable author provided. Christian1965~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Hugh Thomson, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Elisa.rolle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Steve & Jemma Copley on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; C Michael Hogan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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