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Embanked enclosure in Ballynamertinagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Located on an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S; 28.8m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4.5m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1.4m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m) NW-NNE. There is an outer fosse (at S: Wth of top 9m' Wth of base 5.3m; D 0.2m) NW-SE, and the site is circumscribed by a stone-faced field bank (Wth 0.8m; ext. H 0.8m) SE-NW. The ntrance (Wth 3.5m) through the inner bank is at SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA038-038

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  • St Declan's Ardmore GAA official website; individual aerial photographer not stated, www.ardmoregaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.nationalgeographic.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, br.pinterest.com
  • UK and Ireland Beaches; photographer not stated, UK and Ireland Beaches
  • Paul Leonard, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, ccbklyn.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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