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Rathduff

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Rathduff
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On flat crest of low hill in undulating terrain, under pasture. Pond immediately to N. Circular enclosure (diam. 37m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by a low, wide bank (Wth 2.2m crest, 7.8m base; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.52m). Ringfort has been partially levelled. No evidence of break in bank or of an outer fosse. In the N quadrant the bank has been reduced to a scarp (H 1.34m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Rathduff Lower is a circular early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries, characterized by a low, wide bank and located on a hill crest near a pond. Local folklore, though not detailed in records, may associate such sites with fairy legends common in Irish tradition, where ringforts were sometimes believed to be entrances to the Otherworld.

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