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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; 'A platform on the edge of which there is a bank. Outside there is a fosse. The western half of the structure has been levelled and the eastern half is so overgrown as to be impenetrable. A modern fence runs north-south across the centre of it. The entrance is not recognisable. The overall diameter is 150' (46m). Situated in poor, wet low-land' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 229). W half of monument extant and visible as a curving hedgerow, cropmark of levelled E half 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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