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Indicated — Ballycahan

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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In a partly cleared and subdivided field of coarse pasture and limestone outcrop, within a relict field system (CL009-004001-) and a larger multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Indicated on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This almost circular cashel (int. dims. 20m N-S; 19.5m E-W) is defined by a low grassed-over collapsed stone spread (Wth 1.8-2m). Outer wall-facing is visible intermittently from W-NE, and is best preserved at W, but no trace of the inner wall-face survives. The interior is raised c. 1m above the outer ground level. Several small piles of rubble along the perimeter suggest earlier attempts at field clearance. An overgrown field wall abuts it at WSW. There is another cashel (CL008-004003-) c. 86m to the SE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 August 2022

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