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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Pullagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a low rise. An oval area (max. dims. 22m N-S; 28m E-W) raised 0.8-1.2m above the external ground level. This rath was indicated as an embanked circular area on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. There is a disused farmyard to NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL032-066

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Digi-Telly, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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