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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballingarrane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Ballingarrane held a twenty-four metre earthen ring on a north-west facing slope, visible on the 1923 map before ploughs and pasture erased most of its edge. The surviving bank rises only fifteen centimetres inside and thirty outside, thin enough for a boot to crush yet distinct enough to mark a abandoned human boundary. An electricity pole now stands where the south-east quadrant may have curved, turning an ancient household into a modern utility anchor.
In pasture, on break in NNW-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, a low earthen bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.3m) survives W->NE (diam. 24m E-W). Interior level and under pasture. An ESB pole stands in SE quadrant. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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