Ratheeragh, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Carlow

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What is recorded here

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). diam. c. 45m). Site defined by very degraded bank and barely discernible external fosse. Aerial photograph (GB89.AH.40) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a broad fosse. Now plough-levelled; recorded as positive cropmark in pasture in July 1989. (Barrett 1989).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW013-073

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