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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garrycastle

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on S-facing slope, on the demesne lands of Garrycastle Old House located 200m to NNW. Possible ringfort depicted as a landscaped tree-ring on an Estate Map dating from 1820 (NLI MS 14 A 25). Not depicted on any edition of the OS maps. Levelled earthwork described in 1983 as no surface remains visible. Area of monument is now occupied by a building within the Athlone Business and Technology Park, as shown on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

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