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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Oghambaun

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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On a gentle SW-facing slope. A circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 4.5m; H 0.6m). The interior is strewn with stones and covered with overgrowth. There is a quarry to SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL038-034

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Digi-Telly, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Alan Reid, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Aiden Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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