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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilquain (longford By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In marshy grassland overlooking bogland to the SW. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) and on the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) as an oval enclosure (c. 31m NNE-SSW; c. 21m E-W). A short line of hachures (L 16m) running NE-SW is shown immediately to the NW. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 July 2019

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