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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyhaddock

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a fairly level landscape with a small N-S section of a stream c. 30m to the W. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m E-W; c. 33m N-S) defined by a fosse is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There is an entrance gap (Wth c. 7m) at N. It was first reported by Simon Dowling and was also noted by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 3 March 2020
A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyhaddock, likely dating to the early medieval period, is marked by a circular enclosure visible as cropmarks, suggesting a fosse-defined structure. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, often considered places of otherworldly significance or habitation.

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