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Rathalacka - Hachured

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Rathalacka - Hachured is a circular earthen ringfort in County Limerick, Ireland, where cattle still grind its banks into the south-facing slope. The fort measures thirty metres across, holds a shallow external ditch, and disguises its northern edge beneath gorse. It is not a forgotten ruin but a living boundary, shaping pasture, sight and memory on an ordinary field.
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (30.2m N-S; 30.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.75m), with external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.35m) S->NW. Bank is obscured by gorse overgrowth at N. Bank is very worn down in places by cattle. Interior, which is under pasture, slopes down gently to S. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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