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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Trotts

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated at the NE end of a NE-SW ridge in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (29.4m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by a bank (Wth 2.5-3.1m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 1.25-1.4m) of earth and stone with a stone facing. A break (Wth 4m) in the bank at E, whose N terminal is faced with stone, represents the original entrance. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL016-024

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Florentchevallier, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Robin Mais, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Michael Dibb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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