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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ballybranagan

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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What is recorded here

On a steep W-facing rise surrounded by rock outcrop. Poorly preserved oval cashel (32m E-W; 25.5m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA113-002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • Ian Capper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Boomur, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Joseph McGinley, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Luisteix, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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