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Indicated — Burriscarra

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on E slope of ridge. Trivallate ringfort (max. dims. 61m N-S; 60m E-W). Site heavily overgrown. Inner bank (H 0.3m) survives intact, enclosed by wide fosse. Middle bank (H 1.5m), levelled NNW to NNE. Outer bank levelled WSW to WNW and NW to NNE. Entrance (Wth 5.20m) with causeway, bisects three banks on SE. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 117. Date of upload: 24 January 2013

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