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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Portavaud

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (dims. 26m E-W; 24m N-S) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 10m; int. H 1.4m). The external fosse is visible as a very slight depression (Wth 4m; D 0.1) SW-WNW. A break in the bank at NW (Wth 4m) marks the position of the original entrance. The bank has been reconstructed and the interior levelled up in recent years.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL013-078

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Niallio77, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Stephen Armstrong, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Colin Park, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Oliver Gargan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Maelor at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; Enda O Flaherty, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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