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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullystown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated in hazel woodland on top of a ridge running NW-SE, in area of undulating countryside with ringfort (WM001-021---) 90m to NE. A heavily overgrown platform type ringfort consists of a raised circular area (diam. 26.5m) enclosed by a massive earth and stone bank and shallow fosse best preserved at E & W with causewayed entrance gap (top Wth 2.5m; bottom Wth 0.9m) at N. The interior of the site is somewhat uneven and contains the remains of a rectangular house (WM001-022001-). There are slight remains of a low external bank but it has been almost completely levelled. The rath is largely overgrown with hazel and briars making detailed examination impossible. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 November 2016

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