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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in An Fhaiche (bar. Na Déise Lasmuigh Den Drom)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in An Fhaiche (bar. Na Déise Lasmuigh Den Drom) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in An Fhaiche (bar. Na Déise Lasmuigh Den Drom), County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory recorded an overgrown circular area about 25 metres across on a north-facing slope. It preserved a 4.5-metre-wide earthen bank at north-northeast and a separate external bank at east-southeast, with no visible entrance.
Situated on a N-facing slope. Overgrown circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4m) at NNE, with an outer fosse (Wth at base 2m) and external bank (Wth 4.3m; H over fosse 1.1m; ext. H 1m) at ESE. There is no visible entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload/revision: 6th May, 2011.

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