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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Barney

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not fairy at all. They are human, ancient, practical and often beautiful. The trick is stopping inventing and paying attention.
On a gentle S-facing slope in pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The rath has been partially levelled due to road-widening and land reclamation. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 November 2011

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