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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Penane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a low rise of ground in undulating countryside. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 25m N-S 25m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) and an outer fosse (Wth 2.5m; ext. D 0.3m) with no entrance feature visible. Site heavily overgrown at time of visit. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN035-011

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Christopher2010xxx, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Rigger30, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • PerseidsGirl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Paddy Ryan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Dylan Moore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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