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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tonacartron

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In pasture on W-facing slope. Oval-shaped area (32m N-S; 26m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.7m) SE to NW, overlain by stone fence. Shallow external fosse (D 0.2m) NW to SE. 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. 489.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA100-073

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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