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Embanked enclosure in Ballintoor

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a knoll towards the bottom of a S-facing slope of Crohaun HIll. Subcircular area (dims. 36m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by a stone-faced earthen bank (Wth 2.9-3.1m; int. H 1-1.1m; ext. H 1.3-1.8m) NE-SW, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.3-0.6m) elsewhere. There is no visible entrance or fosse, and it is planted with coniferous trees.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA023-028

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Photo credits
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Audrius Janecka, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Slamforeman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • BrendanLacey72, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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