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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Russellstown (athy Rural Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a low pasture rise. Aerial photograph (CUCAP BOC 64 (1973)) shows the cropmark of a fosse enclosing a circular area (est. diam. c. 40m), probably a ringfort site, together with the cropmark a of a larger rectangular enclosure (est. c. 70m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE), probably a field, overlying the circular enclosure. No visible surface traces survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 28 November 2013

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