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Fairy fort or ringfort in Skehanagh Upper

Fairy fort / ringfort
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What is recorded here

In pasture on SE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (diam. 39m N-S) on slight height, delimited on NE by fence and road. Bank levelled. Shown on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure. Possibly a ringfort. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 392.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA099-005

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  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gleneary, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Tom Quinn, credited by Western People, www.westernpeople.ie
  • JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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