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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated is a possible ringfort in County Mayo, Ireland. It occupies rough undulating pasture east of extensive forestry. The oval measures 23.5 metres north-south and 32 metres east-west. A heavily overgrown earthen bank rises 0.8 metres around the edge. The shape suggests human making, but age and use remain unclear. It may have been a home, a marker or a boundary. The land has changed around it. The bank still stands. That much is visible. The rest belongs to imagination and time.
In rough undulating pasture, E of extensive area of forestry. Raised oval-shaped area (23.5m N-S; 32m E-W), enclosed by heavily overgrown earthen bank (H 0.8m). Possibly a ringfort. 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. 491. Date of upload: 5 February 2013

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