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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Balreagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a ridge in grassland, with good views in all directions except to the SE where the site is overlooked by higher ground. Ringfort (WM013-044---)150m to SE. A raised circular shaped area (approx. diam. 34m NW-SE) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stones (Wth 1.2m; H 0.4m) and a shallow external fosse visible from WSW-W-N. The perimeter has been quarried away from NNE-ESE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 March 2018

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