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Fairy fort / ringfort

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Situated on a low hillock surrounded by undulating grassland. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as small oval shaped enclosure annotated as a ‘fort’. Not indicated on revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map. No surface remains visible of levelled monument.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM013-040

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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