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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyfraley

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture, on gentle SSE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.5m) with external fosse (D 1.05m; Wth 3m). Outer edge of fosse is truncated by field boundary and drain NNW->NE; drain feeds water into fosse at NE and fosse is waterlogged except W->NNW. Much of enclosing element and all of interior covered by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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