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Embanked enclosure in Ballyvadden (WA024-027----)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Official monument number
WA024-027----
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Located at the crest of the gentle W-facing slope of a low N-S ridge, with the headwaters of a small N-S stream c. 60m to the W. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 29m) defined by an earthen bank (at NNW: Wth 4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.9m) with some stone-facing. There is no visible fosse or entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA024-027

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