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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kells

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture on the gentle S-facing slope of an ENE-WSW ridge, c. 270m S of Lough Cullaun, and bordered by a later field boundary to the S. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1916) editions OS 6-inch maps. Classified as an enclosure in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (diams. 25.8m E-W; 22.4m N-S) is defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 2.4-2.7m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.1-0.4) which has been reduced to a scarp from N-NE-ENE. There is no obvious trace of a fosse. There are gaps in the bank at E (Wth 2.4m) and SE (Wth 2.4m) either of which may be an original entrance. The bank is overlain by spoil to the NE and has two whitethorn trees growing on it at E and S.  Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 21-10-2025

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