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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyduhig

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Mortals may have lived inside the Ballyduhig ring, but the fairies certainly did. They built a home for themselves, a place of wonder and delight, and they still dance there at midnight. The fort stands as a reminder that the unseen world is as real as the stone walls and the living people who walk beside them.
Internal diameter 34m N-S This univallate rath is extremely overgrown. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a c 3m wide bank, which rises to .5m-1m high externally and to .3m high internally. The enclosing fosse is on average 5m wide and .5m-1m deep. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 604. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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