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Rath in Ballindrumma

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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On a gentle NW-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 47m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by a earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2-2.2m at S) and outer fosse (Wth at base 2.5m; D 0.5-1.6m at S) S-W. The bank is reduced to a scarp (max. H 0.9m) W-NE and a limekiln has been built in the fosse at S. A Man-made underground passage site (WA035-010002-) is in the interior.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA035-010001

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Pictures: Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; MonikaLisa2, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; E. H. (E. Hayden), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Gfwc70, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5

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