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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Indicated
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Indicated is a large fairy fort in level Mayo pasture, its irregular boundary marked only by a wide shallow ditch rather than a proud stone wall. The site stretches nearly ninety metres across and keeps a possible southern entrance, suggesting people once moved through open grass instead of climbing a defensive rampart. Its gentle shape fits a place where ordinary life and local belief shared the same ground.
In level pasture. Large, irrregular-shaped area (94m N-S; 89m E-W), defined by wide, shallow fosse. Possible entrance (Wth 7.2m) on S. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 485. Date of upload: 4 February 2013

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