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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rahard

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on the E tip of a low W-E spur. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35-40m) on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Fort’. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m NW-SE; 26m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (Wth 1m; H 0.3-0.5m), that is partly stone-faced E-ESE. It is bisected by a NE-SW field wall and is best preserved SE of this. There is no visible fosse or entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME009-023

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Bob Embleton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bill Griffiths, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Haydn Hammerton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • James Fergusson, after E. Conwell, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • John M, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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