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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortgarralt

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Enclosure described in 1942-3 as following; 'This consists of an oval platform on the edge of which there is a bank. Outside there is a fosse. The entrance is on the north side and outside it the fosse is causewayed. Tt is possible that the bank had a stone facing on the outside. One end of the oval is flattened. It measures 106' [32m] long by 100' [30m] wide. The bank is densely overgrown. Situated in good lowland' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 230). Outline of enclosure is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 March 2020

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