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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilgar

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a prominent natural rise in pasture-land with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM008-019---) 380m to WNW. Ringfort (WM008-020---) 350m to SW. A raised roughly oval shaped area (approx. dims. 30m NW-SE; 15m NE-SW) enclosed by a poorly preserved fragmentary earthen bank. The interior contains several quarry holes and upcast spoil heaps. A field fence intersects the monument from S-SW. A second field fence intersects the monument from SW-NW. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 April 2017

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