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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Hurlstone

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Located towards the bottom of the SW-facing slope of the NE-SW Hurlstone ridge. An aerial photograph (GB91.ED.11) from July 1991 shows the cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 55m) defined by a fosse, with faint traces of an incomplete, narrow inner fosse. Much of the interior appears to have been quarried. It is also visible on OSI images (1995) and more faintly on Google Earth 29/06/2021), as noted by Frank Prendergast. See the attached image from OSI (1995) Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 23 December 2010 Amended: 9 March 2023

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