Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballymacfarrane

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What is recorded here

At the crest of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 41.2m N-S; 37.4m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.7-5.5m; int. H 0.1-0.45m; ext. H 0.3-0.75m) WNW-N-SSE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2-0.45m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Spoil has been added to the monument since 1995.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO038-003

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