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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinahinch Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a very gentle S/SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 43m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5-3.5m; int. H 0.8-1.2m; ext. H 1.2-1.8m) with modern external drystone facing. There is a marked internal NE-SW slope, and a possible disturbed entrance at the SW. The only internal features are two small clearance cairns, and there are no traces of an external fosse. A bullaun noted on an earlier visit (1977) is no longer on the site (OPW files).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI018-004

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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Simon Mortimer / Geograph Ireland, www.geograph.ie
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