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Indicated — Oldtown Kilcashel

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Indicated — Oldtown Kilcashel
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On a gentle E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 28m N-S; 28m E-W) with some bushes, used as a paddock with a slightly raised interior, defined by the base of a stone wall, visible intermittently as facing-stones (original Wth c. 1.5-1.8m; max. int. H 0.2m) beneath an overgrown drystone wall (Wth 0.9-1.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1-1.5m), which has collapsed NNW-NNE. There is a modern entrance at NE, but the original entrance (Wth 1.9m) is at SE. Rath (RO054-016----) is c. 140m tot he NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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