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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lauragh Lower

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In mixed woodland and pasture, on a hillock to the W of the Healy Pass road. A raised roughly circular area (28m N-S; 23m E-W; H 2.05m) defined by a scarp with a rim, an intervening fosse (Wth 2.75m) WNW-NNE and an outer bank (H 0.15m) WNW-NNE. The earthen scarp and the rim are eroded and crossed by numerous cattle-breaks and paths. There is an entrance ramp (Wth 5.6m) at SW. The interior is uneven and slopes gently down to the E. There is a souterrain (KE108-018001-) in the SE quadrant. Trees grow within and around the rath. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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