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Little Fort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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On a SE-facing slope in pasture. A raised subcircular area (36.7m E-W; 31.8m N-S) enclosed by a partially denuded, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.1m; H 0.1-0.7m) with a largely infilled, shallow external fosse (Wth 3.1m; D 0.25m). A break (Wth 3.2m) in the bank at NNE with traces of an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF018-034

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