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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballymacraheen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on S-facing slope. Oval area (26m E-W; 22m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m), with external fosse (D 0.6m) to W. Gap (Wth 1m) in bank to W. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope; depression (D 0.75m) running E-W cuts centre; circular depression (diam. 3m; D 0.75m) inside N bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO136-094

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Steve Edge, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Barryroe GAA; photographer not named, www.barryroegaa.ie
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  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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