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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cahermacun

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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On a high prominent location with views from SSE to WNW, within a multiperiod field system( CL005-115001-). Hachured on the 1842 and 1916 eds of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Earthwork’ in the RMP (1996). A moderately well to poorly preserved roughly circular cashel (diam. 19m) defined from SSE to WSW by a double wall (ext. H 0.7-1m; int. H 0.45m; T c. 2.5m) built of large stones set on their ends, from WNW to NNE by a bank of stone and earth (W 3.6m; H 0.7m) and from NNE to SE by slight foundations (0.2-0.4m wide). A later wall is built on the outer face from NNE to SE and a boundary wall runs N-S through the E half. Another cashel (CL005-074----) lies c. 100m to the NNW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 5 December 2022

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