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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyknock

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Located on a slight N-S spur. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims c. 80m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE) is defined by a distinct fosse feature with a lighter outer feature c. 10-15m outside it. It is bisected by a NW-SE field bank and only the NE part is visible in a cereal crop on aerial photographs (ASIAP (10) 6-8). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 March, 2013

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