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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathreagh Beg

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope. Sub-circular area (22m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank with an external fosse. Bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.05m) is eroded by cattle especially WSW->NNW, N->NE and at ESE. Large boulders have been dumped on top of bank especially along S arc. Fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.4m) evident all round though very shallow E->SE. Level interior is littered with lose stones; thorn bushes grow around perimeter which is otherwise under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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