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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockuregare

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, 148m SW of townland boundary with Ballingayrour, cremation pits (LI030-177/178-) 305m to NE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as circular shaped area enclosed by a bank. Shown on the 1897 ed. Osi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (dims. c. 27m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by a scarp and external fosse from NE-E-SE and from SW-W-NW. Monument visible as circular-shaped area enclosed by bank and fosse on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12. Traces of fosse visible from S-W on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018. Linear cropmarks running E-W intersect the monument at NW and S, running into a linear cropmark running N-S, visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-2012 and Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph (ASIAP (346) 3) 05/01/2003 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 16 April 2021

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