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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Woodfield

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On top of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 30m), which remains unplanted in a coniferous forest, defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.3m), which is overlain by a drystone wall W-N. There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.2-5m; D 0.2-0.6m) N-E, but no entrance is identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO003-031

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Brian Shaw, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ellie Berry / Tough Soles, Tough Soles
  • St Michael’s GAA Club blog; photographer not named, stmichaelsgaa.blogspot.com
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, irisharchaeology.org
  • Sawyer777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Bob Embleton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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