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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Toor

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a slight rise on a N-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered platform (dims. 31m E-W; 29m N-W) defined by a scarp (H 1-1.4m) with an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at base 1.5-3m; D 0.8-1.6m). An overgrown external bank (Wth 1.5-2.5m; ext. H 0.5-1m) has external and internal stone-facing. The original entrance is not identified, and the interior is damaged by a quarry at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA002-013

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Photo credits
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Allie_Caulfield from Germany, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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