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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Nicholastown (grangemellon Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In level tillage. According to Fitzgerald (1899-1902g, 132-3), ‘”Rahdroo” – This was the name of a small circular rath which stood by the roadside … John Butler, the last sovereign of Athy demolished it.’ Visible on a 2005 OSi Orthophoto as the cropmark of a fosse enclosing a circular area (est. diam. c. 40m). When upstanding, the monument was apparently avoided by a later road which bends SW-W-NW around it. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 20 December 2013

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