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Embanked enclosure in Ballyadam

Fairy fort / ringfort

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What is recorded here

Marked as circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and located in a low-lying landscape with a small S-N stream immedately to the W. It is not visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX021-029

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