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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyfouloo

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (38m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.8m) SW->ESE. Bank incorporated into field fence system to E. Levelled bank to S visible as spread of material outside line of bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO087-019

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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