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Enclosure in Ballyhibbin

Enclosure
Enclosure in Ballyhibbin
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In pasture, on SW-facing slope below brow of low hill. Roughly circular area (26m N-S; 28m E-W) which is slightly lower than level of surrounding terrain. Enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.9m) SE->SW and defined NW->NE by scarped edge (H 1.2m; Wth 8m) sloping down into interior. Enclosing element truncated by N-S field boundaries SW->NW and NE->SE. Interior, under pasture, slopes down towards centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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