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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aughris (tireragh By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, located on a low elevation. Not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 22m) enclosed at SW–NW by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m). At the outer foot of the bank at NW is a short length of fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 1m). The E two-thirds of the site have been levelled and its outline is barely discernible. Adjacent to the inner face of the bank at NW is an opening to a souterrain (SL012-122002-). There is another rath (SL012-019----) c. 100m to SW. According to local information, a stone sculpture (SL012-122003-) was found in the souterrain. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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