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Cropmark enclosure associated with Ballydesland hillfort in Carrickmacstay

Cropmark enclosure associated with Ballydesland hillfort

What is recorded here

No visible wall remains, but the ground still holds the shape of a boundary drawn beside Ballydesland hillfort in Carrickmacstay. The prehistoric enclosure appears only when rain, sunlight and growing crop reveal what feet and memory forgot. It is not a display or a claim of mastery; it is a shadow of human arrangement, waiting for attention.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Cropmark enclosure associated with Ballydesland hillfort. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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What survives
Recorded monument

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