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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballysteen (shanid By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 28.8m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.6m) with external fosse (D 0.85m; Wth 2.8m), with low earth-and-stone counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.5m) S->E. Inner bank is best preserved along N arc, but becomes scarp-like E->S (H 1.4m; Wth 3.5m). Gap (Wth 1.25m) in bank at SW. Fosse becomes very shallow E->S. Interior is covered with trees, briars and nettles. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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