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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Indicated
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Indicated is a shallow oval fort in Mayo pasture, its earthen bank reduced to a thirty-centimetre ridge around a feeding area. The north half still rises slightly above the south, preserving the shadow of a boundary that ordinary pasture has nearly erased. A place large enough for life, but worn flat by time and use.
In undulating pasture. Oval-shaped area (50m N-S; 43m E-W), enclosed by poorly preserved earthen bank (H 0.3m). N half of interior raised slightly above S half. Interior now used as animal feeding area. 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. 175. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

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