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Fairy fort or ringfort in Ballyvoreen

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40-45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture towards the top of a slight N-S ridge, it is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA018-016

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Paul O'Farrell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • RTG, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • David Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Blimey74, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Eric Hunt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • David Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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