Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballybaun (GA097-002----)

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What is recorded here

On a N-facing slope in level pastureland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 32m) defined by an earthen bank from NE through E to SW and an external fosse from E to SSE. A field wall cuts through the monument at SW and NW and no visible surface trace survives of the enclosing elements to W of it.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA097-002

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