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Indicated

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Indicated is a stone ringfort in County Limerick, Ireland. A dry wall encloses slightly raised pasture, with a narrow east-northeast gap and a modern bungalow beside its north edge. The interior has become dense with briars, hiding whatever the fort first held.
In level pasture. Slightly raised circular area (27.5m N-S; 25.4m E-W) enclosed by a dry-stone wall (H 1.1m; Wth base 1.8m), best preserved on N side. Gap in wall (Wth 1.05m) at ENE. Interior covered with briars and scrub. Recently built bungalow stands immediately outside enclosing wall to N. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

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