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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyshonickbane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In low-lying pasture, near foot of W-facing hill-slope, in area of outcropping limestone densely covered with briars and bracken. Oval area (22m N-S; 27.2m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.6m) W->SSE and defined by scarped edge (H 0.3m; Wth 1m) SSE->W. Interior surface uneven with bedrock outcropping in places; linear depression (D 0.4m; Wth 1.3m), on rough E-W axis, near S edge. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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