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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Glenawillin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In garden to N of Ballytrasna house. Circular area (30.9m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.4m; max. ext. H 2.1m) SSW->ENE, stone faced internally; low bank topped by stone wall S->SSW. Shed built on line of bank to SSE. Interior surface cut up by machinery. Trees planted in immediate area to N, S and W, some remains in interior. Man-made underground passage (CO065-032002-) to S of enclosure.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO065-032001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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