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Fairy fort / ringfort in Toorreagh

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Fairy fort / ringfort in Toorreagh is a fairy fort or ringfort in Toorreagh, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked it as a circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about 30 metres. That same account placed it in pasture on level ground at the top of an east-facing slope and recorded that it was not visible at ground level.
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in pasture on level ground at the top of an E-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 July 2010

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