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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Barnhill West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Prominently sited near the S end of a low plateau in tillage overlooking the Barrow valley to the SW. A circular area (diam. 36m) is defined by a low earthen bank but with no obvious trace of a fosse (although traces of a fosse were visible in 1955 (Danaher 1955, no. 674)).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD040-021

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