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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Portroyal

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Atop rise, with extensive view all round. Circular area (29.5m N-S; 31m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.8m), gap in the NW. Stone field fence overlies bank SE to SW. Trees in interior. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 199.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA099-024

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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