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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moymlough

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In undulating pasture, on a slight rise. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a small irregular field defined on the N, E and S sides by field boundaries and on the W by two buildings at right angles to each other. According to local information, this field was regarded as a fort. Present remains consist of a raised area (int. diam. 22m N-S; c. 30m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) N-SSW and truncated at W end by a house.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL026-167

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Zxcode / Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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