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Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballynaguilkee Lower

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballynaguilkee Lower is a fairy fort or ringfort in Ballynaguilkee Lower, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked it as an embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about 55 to 60 metres on an east-facing pasture slope. The published county inventory recorded that it was not visible at ground level during its examination.
Marked as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c 55-60m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in pasture on an E-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 August 2009

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