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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathroe

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a low E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 38m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SE: Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m) E-S-W which is incorporated into a field bank and hedge (at N: Wth 6.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.7m) with an inner drain elsewhere. There are modern entrances at WSW and ESE, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 4.5m; D 0.4m) E-S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO016-112

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  • Sawyer777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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