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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Mountscribe or Moneyscreebagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

In level grassland, overlooking Corranroo Bay to the W. This poorly preserved and overgrown circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) is defined by a bank overlain by a later field wall. On inspection the interior was being used as a vegetable garden. Possibly a rath.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA112-031

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, allthatsinteresting.com
  • SíodaPhotography, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
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  • Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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