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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Monanarrig

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Located on a slight S-facing slope with a slight NW-SE stream c. 50m to the SE. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 36m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1-1.3m; ext. H 1.3-1.6m), with traces of an outer fosse (at NW: Wth of top 4m; D 0.4m) SW- NNW. The bank is denuded and reduced to a scarp (H 1.3m) E-SSW. There are cattle entrances at NE and SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX027-033

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Thommcg1980, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Michal Osmenda, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • MikeWest Wexford, Wikimedia Commons
  • David Hawgood, commons.wikimedia.org
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