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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballytegan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated at the E edge of a low plateau. The cropmark of a bivallate circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 30m; ext. diam. c. 45m) defined by two fosse features is visible on aerial photographs (MM) 18-20) and digital aerial photographs (WX007-063_1A to _6A) from 2006. There is an entrance gap through both fosses at N, closest to rath (WX007-062----) which is c. 120m distant. It is also visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2005). WX007-063----_1.jpg from S WX007-063----_2.jpg from N Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 March, 2012 Amended: 8 May, 2014

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