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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moneenterriff

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. diam. 22.1m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a wide, shallow fosse. The fosse has been largely infilled but its outline is nonetheless identifiable. Original entrance at NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV005-037

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gerard Lovett from ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons; photograph by Thomas H. Mason, Wikimedia Commons · No known copyright restrictions
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Anne Burgess, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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