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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tonashammer

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tonashammer is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tonashammer, County Westmeath, Ireland. It sits on the summit of a hillock in undulating grassland, 35 metres west of the townland boundary with Annagh. The site forms a roughly D-shaped or sub-triangular area measuring 28 metres north-south by 21 metres east-west, enclosed by a bank with traces of an external fosse visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Situated on the summit of a hillock in undulating grassland, 35m W of the townland boundary with Annagh. Depicted as a roughly D-shaped or sub-triangular shaped area (approx. dims. 28m N-S x 21m E-W) enclosed by a bank with traces of an external fosse which is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 January 2019

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