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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Tivannagh

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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What is recorded here

Towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of a rise c. 110m N of the W-E Boyle River. Oval grass-covered area (int. dims. 42m N-S; 24.2m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 1.9-3m; int. H 0.1-0.25m; ext. H 0.7-1.3m) incorporated into an overgrown field wall S-N, and a scarp (H 0.5-1.75m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO005-011

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Photo credits
  • Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY 2.5
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Ivanrlynn at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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