Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Boladurragh

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What is recorded here

Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. Only the W part of site survives. This is a D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims. 40m NNW-SSE; c. 20m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.8-5.4m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1.6-1.8m) with an external fosse (Wth of top 5-5.3m; ext. D 1.6m) and outer field wall SSE–NNW. There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX014-004

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