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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Scarteenakillin

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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In pasture, on gentle WSW-facing slope, E of Leamawaddra River. Circular area (20.5m N-S; 19.7m E-W) enclosed by low, ruined stone wall (H 0.3m) W->S; scarp (H 1.5m) S->W, faced with large boulders. Original line of wall not clearly visible to NE and SE. Entrance to NNW (Wth 1.6m). Deciduous trees line edge of interior; raised on SW side to compensate for hill slope.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO131-024

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