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Rathduff MA038-030---- in Ballyscanlan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In pasture, on a slight rise in an area of level ground surrounded by rolling terrain. The River Deel, which marks the S boundary of the townland, is 250m to SE. This enclosure, most likely a rath, is named ‘Rathduff’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It has been levelled, but it is still possible to trace the outline of a roughly circular, slightly raised area (c. 25m N–S; c. 22m E–W) defined by a broad, low scarp.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA038-030

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Official monument number
MA038-030----
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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • David Farrell Photography / Western People, www.westernpeople.ie
  • Connaught Telegraph; photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Mick Garratt, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Swinford GAA; the page thanks Michael Maye, Rita Campbell and Fiona McDonagh, without assigning the panoramic image to one maker, swinfordgaa.ie
  • Sportsfile, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
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