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Enclosure in Ballymore Demesne

Enclosure
Enclosure in Ballymore Demesne
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What is recorded here

Located towards the bottom of a fairly steep N-facing slope and on land which was once part of the demesne of Ballymore House. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by a continuous fosse or drain is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There are traces of an outer fosse c. 3m distant SW-NW. It was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 March 2020
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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