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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ahawilk

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In level pasture 85m W of the Bunoke River that forms the townland boundary with Inishkeen. Ringfort (LI044-084----) lies 170m to SE. Depicted as a circular-shaped enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. c. 18m) enclosed by a bank with outer fosse from SE-W-NW and NE-E and outer scarp from NW-NE, with a possible entrance gap at SE. Truncated at N by a post 1700 field boundary running E-W. Outline of monument delimited by trees from W-N-E is visible on Google Earth orthoimages where it is surrounded by farm buildings from W-N-E. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 6 August 2021

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