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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ballyline (burren By.)

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy forts and local legend These are not forts for little people. They are human places, often ancient, renamed through joke, fear or wonder. The fairies enter later as a story, not as a measurement.
On a NW-facing slope in an area of open karst on the N extent of a raised area with a lower reclaimed area immediately to the N. A subrectangular cashel (c. 22m NE-SW; c. 21m NW-SE) defined by a stone spread with a later stone wall superimposed in parts and with possible house sites in the SE corner. Templeline church (CL010-087002-), graveyard (CL010-087003-) and ecclesiastical enclosure (CL010-087001-) lie c. 115m to the N on the other side of the reclaimed area. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 July 2023

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