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Embanked enclosure in Ballykilty Upper

Fairy fort / ringfort
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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) incorporating a NE-SW field bank at NW and a NW-SE stream and county boundary with Co. Wicklow at NE on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in a low-lying area, but iis not visible in pasture at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX003-006

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