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Indicated — Ballyoskill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated — Ballyoskill
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On brow of gentle SE-facing slope in pasture, marshland and stream to SE. A raised circular area (diam. 45.6m NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (ext. H 1.65m, Wth 4m) and traces of a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.4m) are visible from S-W. The interior slopes gently from N-S. The bank, which is heavily overgrown with hawthorn and brambles, has been broken though at the NE and ESE. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2m) in the W sector. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 April 2017

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