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EMbanked enclosure in Ballygarvan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Located on a NE-facing slope with a W-E stream c. 90-100m to the N. This is a raised grass-covered circular area (diam. 28m E W; 26m N S) that is planted with mature coniferous trees and is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5 6m; int. H 0.5 1m; ext. H 1 2m). There is no visible fosse and the entrance cannot be identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX040-004

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Purchase, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • seegraswiese, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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