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Rath in Downings North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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The monument is named 'Rath' and shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular area (est. diam c. 40m). In 1972, it was described as a roughly oval platform-type ringfort (int. diams. 50m E-W; 27m N-S) built on a slight rise, with no trace of a bank or fosse. By 1986, however, only a rise was visible (SMR file).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD013-007

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.ca
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Caragh Gaelic Football Club website; individual photographer not named, www.caraghgfc.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • George Cruikshank, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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