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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynacourty

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On the summit of a hillock in undulating pastureland. Subcircular rath (58m NNW-SSE), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A field boundary cuts the monument at NNW and SSE and no visible surface trace survives to SW of it. Another field boundary cuts it at NE. The inner bank is visible from NNW through N to SE, but the fosse and outer bank only survive from SE to SSE. Field-clearance rubble is piled against the inner bank at ESE. (McCaffrey 1952, 180, no. 9) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 January 2017

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