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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockballyfookeen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In rough and wet, level pasture. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a low earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.25m; Wth 5.4m) visible from W-N-NE, reduced to a scarp (Wth 1.5m; H 0.8m) elsewhere, fosse (Wth 5.9m; D 0.45m) best preserved from WNW-N-NE and SSW-SW with possible remains of an external bank visible from NNE-ENE. The fosse is obscured by dense overgrowth from S-SSW and is waterlogged from SSW-SW. Interior very overgrown with vegetation. According to local information, this is known as the ‘fort field’. Monument is visible as a tree-covered earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 17 July 2020

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