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Fairy fort / ringfort in Ardroe

Fairy fort / ringfort
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On undulating pasture 165m W of the townland boundary with Dromkeen and 290m S of the townland boundary with Curraghavearna. Moated site (LI023-057----) located 310m to S. The site is not depicted on historic OSi maps and is not visible on OSi orthoimages. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 253; AP 4/3685) as a circular enclosure most likely a ringfort (ext. diam. c. 30m). The enclosure is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 where recent clearance of field boundaries E of the enclosure is visible. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 253 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 4 September 2020

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