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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ballykinvarga

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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On a gentle N-facing slope in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). This circular cashel (int. dims. 25m NNW-SSE; 23.7m ENE-WSW; ext. dims. 34m NNW-SSE; 29.6m ENE-WSW) is defined by the remains of a stone wall (Wth 2m at N; max. int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6-1.4m), visible intermittently all around. Later drystone walls are built over the perimeter at the SW and NE. Other cashels (CL009-059014-; CL009-201----) lie c. 68m to the NE and c. 80m to the SW respectively. Ballykinvarga cashel (CL009-059012-) lies c. 185m to the S. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 13 July 2022

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