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Fairy fort / ringfort in Oldtown

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

On a low natural rise of ground in gently undulating pasture. Levelled ringfort consisting of a large oval shaped area (diam. c. 56m NW-SE; 39m NE-SW defined by a cropmark visible on the ground as a narrow zone (Wth 4m) of differential vegetation growth. Patches of gravelly earth visible in the interior of the monument may mark the site of a levelled house. Depicted as an oval-shaped enclosure, the E side of which is intersected by a townland boundary between Oldtown and Farthingstown (Fartullagh By.) running N-S, on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Marked 'Fort' on the OS Fair Plan map of the parish of Castlelost (SMR File). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2013

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