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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinvira

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In parkland pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (42.6m N-S; 45.4m) enclosed by earthen bank. Bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.1m), best preserved SE->W, lowers along E side. Entrance (Wth 3.8m) at E. Field boundaries abut at ESE and SSW, another which abutted at WNW has been removed. Interior, under pasture, slopes down to E. Mature deciduous trees grow along bank and immediately N of centre in interior. New trees recently planted atop bank NE->E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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