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Embanked enclosure in Ballaman

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated at the bottom of a fairly steep W-facing slope with a N-S stream immediately to the W. Marked as large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55-60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Part of the bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1m) is incorporated into a field bank N-E (C 40m) with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6m; D 2m) N-E, but the rest of the perimeter does not survive.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX010-017

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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