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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Colgagh

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Situated on a moderate SW-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. A steep S-facing natural slope falls away immediately to the S of the site. Circular area (diam. 20m) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 3.3-3.5m; int. H 0.2-1.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. Due to the underlying natural slope, the interior of the site is lower than external ground level NW-NE and higher than external ground level elsewhere. The original entrance is not recognisable. A relic roughly rectangular quarry hole (dims. 4m E-W; 2m N-D; D 0.4m) is located to SE of centre in the interior. A second overgrown relic quarry (diam c.4m; D c.0.4m) is located to SW of centre in the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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