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Rathroe

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Towards the W end of a low E-W drumlin. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 23m N-S; 22.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.5-2.6m; int. H 0.2-03m; ext. H 1-1.1m) SW-N-ENE which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.25m) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 5.5m; D 0.3m) SE-S, whose course is defined by a band of rushes (Wth 4-6m) NW-NE. There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO010-070

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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Real Group Photos / realboyle (Flickr account); individual photographer not stated, www.flickr.com
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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