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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moynagh Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 58m) enclosed by an earthen bank modified and incorporated into the field boundary and removed from ESE-S-SSW. Modern farmyard abuts the site from ESE-SE-S. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV037-053

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • 2ManyCats4Me, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Granard Motte.png : Smcq Derivative work: Hogweard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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