What is recorded here
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In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Circular area (22.5m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.6m; Wth 1.6m) with external fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 4m), both covered by whitethorn bushes. Cattle gaps across scarp at W (Wth 1.5m) and NW (Wth 2m). Some concrete slabs dumped on scarp at NNW. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 325/3 on 05/10/2002.
A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinvullin is a circular early-medieval defensive or domestic site, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folk, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in their supernatural inhabitants.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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