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Rahaniska

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Situated just off the crest of a N-facing slope with a slight spur extending N just to the E. This is a grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. 34m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 6.6m; Wth of top 5.3m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 2.2m) growing trees, with an external flat bottomed fosse (at S: Wth of top 5.7m; D 1.3m) SSE NW and traces of the fosse elsewhere. There is an entrance gap and causeway (Wth 2.8m) with an ornamental iron gate at SW. The NE quadrant of the interior was reused as a Quaker burial ground (WX032-024002-) when a drainage channel (Wth 1m; D 0.5-1m) inside the bank and a central N-S channel (Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 1.6m; D 0.5m) were probably added.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX032-024001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • David Hawgood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Hawgood, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Killurin Community Alert & Development; individual photographer not stated, www.killurincad.com
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