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Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballylusky

Fairy fort / ringfort
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In elevated pasture on a slight E-facing slope with good views in all directions. Located 150m NE of the townland boundary with Rathbranagh, enclosure (LI021-064----) lies 70m to the NW; enclosure (LI021-065----) lies 60m to SW. The site is depicted as an oval fort (ext. diam. c. 30m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not depicted on subsequent OSi maps. Inspected by the ASI in 2000 and described as having no extant trace above ground level. A potential corresponding faintly visible circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 12m) is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/03/2017, nothing is visible on the later orthoimages 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 12 August 2020

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