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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curry (macmanus) (kilmaine By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, atop knoll. Circular area (39m N-S; 37m E-W), enclosed by remains of two earthen banks with intervening fosse (D 0.8m). Inner bank (H 1.6m), fosse and outer bank (H 1.2m) survive NE to E and SE to W. Possible entrance on E (Wth 2.9m). Interior and bank in N have been quarried. Marshy ground to W. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 153. Date of upload: 24 January 2013

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