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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Franckfort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on top of an E-W esker ridge in undulating countryside. Only W half of site survives where it forms part of a modern field boundary elsewhere it is destroyed. The site consists of a semicircular area (diam 44m approx.) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) which survives from S through W to N. No other features visible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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