Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballymacushin

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What is recorded here

Located on a gently rolling landscape. The cropmark of a subcircular area (diam. c. 45m) defined by a single fosse feature (Wth c. 3-5m) is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDJ 3). It is not visible at ground level in a cereal crop. The rath site (WX048-024002-) is c. 200m to the E but elements of the field system (WX048-024----) are not directly connected with it.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX048-024001

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