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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Friarstown North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Enclosure described in 1942-3 as following; 'It is only just possible to trace this fort now. It has been levelled flat. Quite recently a Land Commission fence was built across the site. The monument seems to have had no fosse. Its overall diameter was 105' [32m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 228). Outline of circular-shaped field with farm buildings to N visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 March 2020

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