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Fairy fort / ringfort in Balrath (rathconrath By., Churchtown Ed)

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Situated on a low rise in pasture with good views in all directions. A pond lies c. 60m to N. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subciruclar-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1977 as no surface remains visible. Cropmark of levelled monument barely visible today on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 03 September 2019

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