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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Wells

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Marianne and the sacred well at Templeshannock
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (diam. 36m) enclosed by banks and intervening fosse (int. H of inner bank c. 1.5m; ext. H of outer bank 0.7m) now levelled from NE-E-SSW. Entrance gap with causeway at NNW, possibly original.

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Recorded monument

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