Fairy fort or ringfort in Ballinlug (WM017-079----)

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What is recorded here

Situated in fairly level pasture, with land rising to E and SE. Shown on 1776 estate map (NLI, MS 21 F. 48 (26)) as a circular shaped enclosure depicted with a double dotted circle representing a possible ringfort. Depicted as a similar feature on 1837 OS Fair Plan map. Partially depicted as a curving field boundary to W of farm building on the 1837 OS 6-inch map. An ASI field report of 1983 recorded that there was no surface remains visible of this enclosure. Monument not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM017-079

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