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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballylooby

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In pasture 200m W of the townland boundary with Bohercarron. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped platform (dims. c. 30m NW-SE; 26m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. Surveyed by Henry A. Wheeler in 1966 and described as a well preserved circular-shaped platform ringfort with a shallow fosse. Outline of tree-lined monument is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 28 July 2021

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