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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rackavra

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on top of a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture. Monument described in 1971 and 1979 as an oval-shaped area enclosed by a bank, a fosse and an outer bank. The bank is steep and is best preserved from ENE-E-SE and is almost reduced to a scarp from SE-S-W-N-ENE. The fosse is shallow and is visible from W-N. The remains of an outer bank are present from W-N and this appears to have been replaced by a field wall from N-E-S-W. A gap at W may represent the entrance. The interior has a slight SSE-facing slope and is occupied by hut sites (WM024-087001-) and other banks. See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 13 August 2019

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