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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Maghera (rath Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a S-facing slope in undulating and partly cleared pasture. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (24m E-W; 22m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.3; ext. H 0.6m) that was heavily overgrown at SW and W; no clear inner or outer facing could be seen. A stone field wall clipped it at NE. The interior, which sloped to the SSW, was partly overgrown with gorse. Multiple hollows within the gorse suggested that it had been dug into in the past. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 29 June 2022

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