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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballycommane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture, on crest of hillock. Circular area (25.5m N-S; 24.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.2m) SSW->NW; defined by scarp (H 1.55m) elsewhere; shallow external fosse to NW. Gap in bank (Wth 1m) to SW. Cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis. Field boundary skirts enclosure NNW->SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO131-006

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg : Cayambe derivative work: Ginkgotree ( talk ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Jonathan Billinger, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Pam Brophy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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