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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tomnamuck

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a fairly level, low-lying landscape with the sea c. 1 km to the E. This is a raised, circular, overgrown area (diam. 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1-1.8m) with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4-5m; Wth of base c. 2m; D 0.4m). There area entrance gaps, probably modern at N, S and W.
Situated on a fairly level, low-lying landscape with the sea c. 1 km to the E. This is a raised, circular, overgrown area (diam. 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1-1.8m) with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4-5m; Wth of base c. 2m; D 0.4m). There area entrance gaps, probably modern at N, S and W.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX017-006

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Lucarelli, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Bruce Marlin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5

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