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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilbride

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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On slight SE facing slope, with good views from ENE-E-S and to SW. Large D-shaped area (diam. 61.3m NNE-SSW; 47.5m WNW-ESE) defined by slight remains of an earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp and wide deep fosse best preserved from W-NNW. The straight side of the D-shaped area is at NNE. No entrance feature visible. On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map the monument is depicted as an irregular shaped area which is missing the enclosing element from N-NE. On this map the straight sided enclosing element at NE is defined by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Traces of cultivation ridges can be seen running across the interiorn of the monument.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM033-014

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  • Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, curiousireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Thomas Gibbons, www.westmeathexaminer.ie
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