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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathlena (RO032-042----)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle E-facing slope in an undulating landscape. Subrectangular or D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 34m NE-SW; 32.5m NW-SE) defined by a curved earthen bank (at WNW: Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) WSW-NE and by straight field banks and walls with hedges at E, S and W. There is no visible fosse, and there is a modern entrance (Wth 3m) at NNE. Rath (RO032-041----) is c. 160m to the WNW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO032-042

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Official monument number
RO032-042----
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Photo credits
  • GAA (publisher); individual photographer not identified in image caption, www.gaa.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • ClintMalpaso, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • David Cunniffe / Tuam Herald, Source publisher
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Nealhen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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