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Seefin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

Situated at the summit of Seefin Hill, it is not depicted on any OS map. This is a slightly raised circular and grass-covered area (diam. 39m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by slight earthen bank (at NW: Wth of base 7m; Wth of top 2m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.5m) largely reduced to a scarp (at SW: Wth 3.6m; H 0.6m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME015-075

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John M, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bill Griffiths, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Haydn Hammerton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • James Fergusson, after E. Conwell, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Bob Embleton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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