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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Balline

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In wet pasture, 16m W of Morningstar River that forms townland boundary with Ballynahinch. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped platform defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (dims. c. 14.5m NW-SE; 14 NE-SW) enclosed by a bank with external fosse from SW-W-N-NE. Monument visible as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank with fosse on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph (ASIAP) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 6 August 2021

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