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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Laragh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 35m) enclosed by slight remains of a wide earthen bank bounded by a modern laneway, and a wide, deep, waterlogged fosse which survives only from SW-NW where it has been modified and utilised as a field drain. Elsewhere the bank is bounded by a modern laneway. Modern farm buildings abut the site at NNW. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV035-044

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What survives
Recorded monument

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kevgorman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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