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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rakane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 eds. Raised circular area (int. diam. 31.4m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep fosse infilled from WSW-N-SE. Break in bank at S with accompanying causeway represents original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV017-058

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Pamela Norrington, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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