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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathganny

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on top of a prominent steep hill surrounded by gently undulating grassland, with good views of the surrounding hills. The road which marks the townland boundary with Ballindurrow is 160m to S. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 24m NNW-SSE) enclosed by a substantial earth and stone bank. The bank has several disturbance gaps. A roughly circular-shaped raised area is visible in the S quadrant and may be the remains of a hut site (WM011-030001-). There are other raised areas in the interior, but these have been cut by cultivation ridges running N-S, and their function is unclear. A circular raised area in the NE is also visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. A field fence running N-S intersects the perimeter of the monument at E. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 June 2017

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