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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on the SE face of a high hill in grass-land, overlooking Ballynafid Lake 450m to the SW. Ringfort (WM012-027---) 250m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a large circular-shaped enclosure annotated as ‘Rathmharaga’. An unusually large circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 56m N-S; 59m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and external fosse. The bank is best preserved from W-N and from SE-SSE and almost completely levelled elsewhere. The fosse is best preserved from WSW-N-NE. Portion of the perimeter has been quarried away at E. There is a possible entrance gap at ESE, which has been widened to provide access for farm machinery. The interior slopes appreciably from NW-SE. The bank has been steepened from N-SE to form part of a moden field boundary. A field fence running NE-SW intersects the monument at W. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 December 2017

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