Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballindown, County Offaly

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Located at the end of a high esker ridge running E-W in undulating countryside. Large circular area (diam. 77m N-S) enclosed by two earthen banks with a deep wide intervening fosse (Wth 4.5m; ext. D 3.4m) with original causewayed entrance (Wth 5m) at E, with modern gap at W (Wth 2.3m). The inner bank (Wth varies 2.5m - 4m; int. H 2.3m; ext. H 5.5m - 4m) is best preserved with outer bank visible only at S, elsewhere it is reduced to a scarp. The natural fall of the ridge at N forms part of the ringforts outer defences. There is a wide shallow depression in the N sector of the interior of unknown origin. Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 16 December 1988. Compiled & revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 December 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF035-003

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Settlement desertedSettlement deserted, medieval · 729 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

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TobernapearlaHoly well · 1743 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this holy well.

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