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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballygarraun North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In gently undulating pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) and on the 1933 edition as a large roughly subrectangular tree plantation (c. 80m E-W; c. 77m N-S). Cody (1989) concluded that the enclosure was probably a ringfort that was subsequently planted with trees. The trees have since been removed from the interior of the plantation and no visible surface trace of the ringfort survives. The grassy bank enclosing the plantation is visible all round and numerous trees are still growing on it. Another rath (GA084-012----) lies c. 50m to the SW and there is an enclosure (GA084-010----) c. 70m to the SE. (Knox 1918b, 108, no. 8) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 11 February 2019

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