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Fairy fort or ringfort in Ballinastoe

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Two separate (possibly conjoined) circular enclosures indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. However when inspected by ASI in 1989 the remains of one enclosure was visible at this location (described under WI012-027----).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI012-028

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