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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyhammon, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map as a circular enclosure about fifty-five metres across at the crest of a low east-west drumlin ridge. The earthworks no longer show in the pasture below that ridge.
Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 55m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the crest of a low E-W drumlin ridge. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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