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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Glanballyma

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on a S-facing slope. Depicted on the OS 25-inch map (1892) map as a circular area (diam. c. 20m) fully enclosed by a bank and by an external fosse NW-SW. According to the landowner, the ringfort was levelled sometime in the late 1950s. When inspected in 1985 it was visible as a low saucer-shaped rise (H 0.4m; 25m N-S; 24m E-W) best preserved E-W. No trace of a fosse was noted. On the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map a ‘cave’, suggesting the presence of a souterrain (KE022-022001-), is depicted within the interior just N of centre. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

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