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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Quigaboy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a low rise in otherwise lowlying, level pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 27m) enclosed by a low bank (Wth. 4.3m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1.65-1.8m) of earth and stone with an external fosse (Wth. 4m). At the outer lip of the fosse is a second bank (Wth. 6m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.8m). The interior slopes down gently from centre towards the entrance gap (Wth. 2.4m) at NE. A depression, in the NE quadrant, and a small cavity, infilled with stones, in the inner bank at SE, may be evidence of a Man-made underground passage (SL010-023002-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL010-023

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Photo credits
  • Mick Garratt, commons.wikimedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mick Garratt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Florentchevallier, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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