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Tornant Lower : Ring Fort

CountyWicklow
Grid RefN 872 002
Longitude6° 41' 58.73" W
Latitude53° 2' 43.37" N
Nearest TownDonard (6.4 Km)
OS Sheet55
UTM zone29U
UTM x654204.23577197
UTM y5879792.9634258
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Visit Notes

Thursday, 28th December 2006

This ring fort is quite big and looks very impressive. I didn't cross the fields to it, but it can be very easily seen from Tornant Graveyard 200m to the east and the road to the south. The central mound is much higher than the surrounding bank and ditch, which is in extremely good condition.

A rough estimate of its size would be about 5m high and 50m in total diameter.

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