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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ballyhibbin

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy forts are not for humans. They belong to the hidden people who still move through western Ireland at night. The warning is simple: never enter, never build, never throw stones. The boundary exists because the invitation is fatal.
In rough pasture, on E-facing slope below brow of hill. Circular depression (diam. 30m) enclosed by stone bank (int. H 1.45m; ext. H 0.45m). Bank, best preserved S->N, has dry-stone field wall skirting around external base SE->SSW. Limestone outcrop incorporated into bank at NE. Entrance (Wth 4m) at SE. Uneven interior slopes down to E, masked by dense vegetation. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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