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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballymacshoneen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In nearly level pasture rising gently to WNW. Circular area (31m NE-SW; 31.5m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.9m) NW->ESE; low earthen bank (H 0.7m) topped by stone wall ESE->NW; external fosse (D 0.8m) to SSW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO145-009

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Sands, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Barryroe GAA; photographer not named, www.barryroegaa.ie
  • Eddie O'Hare / Echo Live, www.echolive.ie
  • Roger W Haworth, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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