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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Newcastle Lower

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle W-facing slope in undulating terrain. Oval area (dims. 56.4m N-S; 41.9m E-W) consisting of a platform (H 0.5m at S - 2m at N) with an earthen bank (Wth c. 4.5m; H 0.3m) and an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.3m) around the perimeter SSW-N-SE. A NE-SW field boundary traverses the SE portion of the ringfort and beyond this the site has been levelled. No indication of an entrance or internal features.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI019-006

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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