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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballycumber South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. Oval area (diam. 30.5m NW-SE; 37.5m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank with drystone facing (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.4-1.3m; ext. H 0.7-1.4m). There is an external fosse (Wth 3m; D 1-1.3m) most clearly defined at the N but also discernible at the S. A well-formed entrance feature at the NW may be original, while two other gaps at the SE and ESE apear to be modern. There are no internal features.
Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. Oval area (diam. 30.5m NW-SE; 37.5m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank with drystone facing (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.4-1.3m; ext. H 0.7-1.4m). There is an external fosse (Wth 3m; D 1-1.3m) most clearly defined at the N but also discernible at the S. A well-formed entrance feature at the NW may be original, while two other gaps at the SE and ESE apear to be modern. There are…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI038-006

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5; Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Jonathan Billinger, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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