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Preferred term

Ringforts  

Definition

  • Small earthen [raths] or stone [cashels] enclosures, which served as fortified, self-sufficient farmsteads for the more prominent members of a settlement; Ireland and Wales

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Cashels
  • Farmsteads, ringforts
  • Raths
  • Ring forts
  • Ring-forts

Notation

  • 118749

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-P0D6MQDC-0

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