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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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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Pamela Norrington, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Neville Goodman, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Liz McCabe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ray Martin, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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