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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyashea

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on N-facing slope below brow of hill. Oval area (53.5m N-S; 47m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.95m), with external fosse SW->NNE (Wth 2.1m; D 0.45m). Bank, best preserved along SW arc, has remains of stone facing NNE->SE. Field boundary (H 1.45m) runs along base of fosse WNW->NNE. Interior, covered with briars and ferns, slopes very gently down to N. Dry-stone field wall abuts enclosure at SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

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