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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynafid

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a ridge in rushy grassland. Railway line 100m to W. Ringfort (WM011-070----) 360m to SE. A sub-circular shaped area (38m E-W; 40m N-S) enclosed by a two banks of earth and stone and an intervening shallow fosse. The inner bank is low, and the outer bank is very poorly preserved, with only slight traces visible. The uneven interior rises towards the centre. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 August 2017

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