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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinphort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a steep ridge in pasture-land. Ringfort (WM007-041----) 220m to NE. Ringfort (WM007-069----) 90m to SE. An oval shaped raised area (approx. diam. 27m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank from NW-N-SE, and a shallow fosse at NW-N-E-SE. Possible entrance gap at NE. The interior rises gently towards the centre. The monument has been planted with trees. See attached section of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 April 2017

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