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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyhahill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (26m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 4m). Both inner bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.1m) and outer bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.95m) overgrown with trees and bushes as is much of interior. Field boundary overlies outer bank E->SE; second field boundary abuts outer bank at NW. Break in outer bank NE->E appears to be recently made. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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