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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullanierin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. diam. 28.6m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a narrow, shallow, infilled fosse surrounded by a low counterscarp bank at SW. A series of largely grassed-over boulders are visible in the bank at N and a low field-clearance cairn of stones lies within the internal area. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV005-043

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Dromahair Arts and Recreation Centre (publisher); individual photographer not stated, discoverdromahairpark.ie
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • NTF30, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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