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Fairy fort or ringfort in Rathnure Lower

Fairy fort / ringfort
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Marked as a circular enclosure on the1839 (diam. c. 50m) and 1925 (diam. c. 40m) eds of the OS 6 inch map. Situated on the plateau of a NW-SE spur in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains with the source of a small N-S stream c. 170m to the SE. The stream joins the NW-SE Boro River c. 500m further S. This is a slightly dished area (diam. c. 42m N-S; c. 39m E-W) in a harvested cereal crop, with a curve in a field bank to the W (C 34m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX024-007

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  • Rathnure St Anne’s GAA Club; individual photographer not named, rathnuregaa.ie
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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