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ringfort (noun) - A ringfort is a type of circular fortified settlement that was common in Ireland during the Early Middle Ages. It consisted of a circular wall, usually made of earth and timber, surrounding a central area where people lived
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- An ancient circular fortification of earth or stone, found especially in Ireland.
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Some additional structures surround the ringfort.
The ringfort is open to the public.
Archaeological sites include a ringfort and souterrain.
There is a ringfort and a famine village in the townland.
The castle was built on the site of an old ringfort.
Sandby borg ringfort seen from the west.
The cathair or caiseal is a stone ringfort.
At the time the ringfort likely contained a residential building.
This is a circular stone ringfort caiseal.
Ringfort on the south side.
The caiseal and cathair was a stone ringfort.
There is a reported ringfort situated at the centre of the townland.
There are two main kinds of ringfort.
Ringfort in centre.
On the west side is a ringfort.
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The ringfort is a univallate bank and ditch with an entrance in the east.
The chief structure of historical interest in the townland is an earthen ringfort.
The hunter became a miner and built a ringfort to guard his new wealth.
A Rath or Ringfort was a fortified wooden human dwelling.
A medieval earthen ringfort.
Evidence of an earlier ringfort indicates the area had been inhabited from very early times.
Ráth is the Irish for a ringfort.
Finally evidence of a third ringfort can be found near Claremont.
In the cente is Clonee ringfort.
Ismantorp Fortress ( ) is a ringfort located on Öland Island in Sweden constructed during the Migration Period.
Originally, there would have been buildings inside the ringfort.
Inside the ringfort are 95 houses arranged in 12 blocks around a central open area with a circular building.
Contemporary law tracts described a king 's principle dwelling to have been a univallate ringfort.
Loher Cashel, a stone ringfort (caiseal) is located at the western edge of Iveragh.
As one can see, Donegal is an area of low ringfort concentration.
Ringfort of the Ridge ”.
There are many ancient sites in the area, Tonakilla Fort, a ringfort and standing stones.
Rathard is a ringfort ( rath ) and National Monument located in County Limerick, Ireland.
All welcome to come & look at our horses, grazing at the Ringfort and Standing Stone.
The original ringfort wall was 4 m wide and would have been approximately 4-5 m high.
The Grianán of Aileach, at its broadest description, is a ringfort.
The Ridgeway ( Uffington Castle ringfort in the distance, on the left ).
Cloghanecarhan, a ringfort with ogham stone, is a National Monument; as is Leacanabuaile, a stone ringfort (cashel).
Caherconnell ( ) is a medieval, exceptionally well-preserved stone ringfort in The Burren of County Clare, Ireland.
