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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Loughaun

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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In pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope, in area of outcropping limestone. Oval area (29m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by collapsed dry-stone bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 1.1m). Bank, best preserved SW->NNE, has field-wall running along top (H 1.3m). Level interior covered by mature trees; SE quadrant is enclosed by stone bank (H 0.6m). Dry-stone field boundaries abut external bank face at SW, NE, and E. Earth and stone bank abuts at S and extends to S on N-S axis for c. 22m, before fading out. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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