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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Banntown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Located at the crest of the N-facing slope of a broad hill. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by a single fosse feature is only visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There are pits on the line of the fosse at N, SE and WNW. The fosse is lightest at NW and the entrance might be in this sector. Rath (WX011-077002-) is c. 50m to the E. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 September 2019

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