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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymanus

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on SE facing slope of steep hillock. Ringfort (WM003-017----; WM003-018----) 180m to N, ringfort (WM003-020----) immediately to SE and ringfort (WM003-021----) 80m to SSE. Roughly raised circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 38m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank with wide deep external fosse and causewayed entrance gap at SE which has been widened by modern quarrying. The bank is badly damaged by burrowing and scrub roots. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 December 2016

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