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Moat in Rathgorragh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In level, well-drained pasture. A raised, circular area (diam. 42.5m; H 1m at SW - 3m elsewhere), with a slightly concave surface, is defined by a broad fosse (W 4m; D. 1m) W-N-ESE, infilled elsewhere, and by slight traces of a possible outer earthen bank at NW. Visible on a 2005 aerial photo (OSi Orthophoto) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD020-003

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Photo credits
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Bogman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Guinevere's Garden; photographer not stated, Guinevere's Garden
  • 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Hamish Bain, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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