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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tithewer

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle W-facing slope in scrubby terrain overlooking marshy ground to the NW. Circular area (diam. 32m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; H 0.6m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.6-0.8m). At the S stones along the foot of the bank and in the fosse may represent a collapsed revetment. No trace of an entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI012-036

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  • Yablochko, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Simon Mortimer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Pierre Terre, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Tszabon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Sarah777 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Simon Mortimer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • JP, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Murphy ( talk · contribs ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Klondikeger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Carroll Pierce, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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