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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Reens West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In low-lying marshy pasture, at base of NE-facing slope, in field bordered by streams to NE and NW. Oval area (c. 35m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2m) with external waterlogged fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.35m). Gap (Wth 1.6m) in bank at SE. An old field drains open into fosse at ESE and W, and a more recent drain at NE joins fosse with nearby stream. Bank and interior densely overgrown with bushes; only a narrow band around edge of interior is accessible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI028-156

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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