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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyengland Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, atop hill. Circular area (35.6m N-S; 36.4m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.65m), best preserved N->ENE. Mortared stone wall (H 1.6m) runs around external base of bank NW->SE. Avenue which led to Stewick House (now in ruins) skirts around side of enclosure N->E. Avenue leading to modern dwelling branches off from former avenue at N and skirts around enclosure to NW, where dwelling house and garden lie immediately W of enclosure. An oil tank has been erected atop bank/wall at NNE. Mature beech trees grow along top of bank. Level interior, under pasture; slight dip in NE quadrant immediately behind oil tank. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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