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Fairy fort or ringfort in Ballygarran

Fairy fort / ringfort

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What is recorded here

Marked as circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) bisected by a NW-SE townland boundary on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. No feature is visible at ground leval in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX022-012

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