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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyknock

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Ballyknock held a ringfort on high ground above pasture and forestry, watching north, east and west until ploughs erased it around the 1950s. The earth that resisted every storm gave way to a single passing season, perhaps because visibility mattered more than memory. What disappeared was not small; it stood where the land could be read at a glance. Forgetting it requires less imagination than losing a house.
On high ground in pasture with forestry immediately to NW, excellent views to N, E and W. According to local information ringfort ploughed out sometime around the 1950's. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

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