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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Iffernock

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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That is a fairy fort in Iffernock, County Meath. It is also an earthen ringfort. The ground there is level, but the circle is easy to see from above. Two rings of ditch mark the edge of the old place. The inner ring is about thirty-five metres across, and the outer ring is about sixty-five metres across. People may have lived inside, kept animals inside, or simply avoided the whole circle because it belonged to someone else. The fairies may have done nothing at all, which would have made the fort even more interesting.
Situated on a fairly level landscape. Aerial photograph (GB89.E.18) shows the cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by two widely spaced concentric fosses (int. diam. c. 35m; ext. diam. c. 65m), probably a rath. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009 Amended: 8 July, 2019

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