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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardfert Oughter

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Internal diameter 22m N-S, 25m E-W Situated SW of KE020-064---- in the same field, two fieldbanks touch this site on the E and W side. This circular univallate ringfort is enclosed by a well-defined earth and stone bank, 5m wide and rising to an average of 1.9m above the external ground level and 1.5m above the interior. In the N sector of the interior is an oval shaped house site (KE020-063001-) constructed of stone; it is 4.8m N-S and 4.2m E-W, with walls .6m-1m thick. About 2m to the W of this lies a sub-oval house site (KE020-063002-) 3.8m N-S and 4m E-W; the walls here are also .6m-1m thick. Situated directly below the two stone structures are two depressions measuring 4m x 4.8m and 4.8m x 4.6m. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 668. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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