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Ringfort

Staigue Stone Fort

Ringfort
One of the largest intact iron-age stone forts, or cahirs, in Ireland, dating from c.300 BCE   One of the largest intact stone forts in Ireland, this suggested iron-age building, known in Irish as a ‘cahir’, and thought to be one of the oldest in the country, dates from between 300 and 400 BCE.   Located in a spectacular mountainous amphitheatre, and standing about 150 metres (500 feet) abo...

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