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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Faha Demesne

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture on slight NE facing slope with the ruins of Faha House located 330m to SE. Not depicted on the 1840 0S 6-inch map. The 1897 2OS 5-inch map depicts the monument as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 30m; approx. ext. diam. 40m) planted with trees. Present remains consist of a slightly raised circular-shaped area (diam. 30m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m; base Wth. 6.10m) disturbed on all sides by animal activity and dumped material. The undulating interior is densely overgrown. Outline of tree-covered monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 22 June 2020

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