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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballykenry

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In rough grazing, on gentle S-facing slope and immediately E of stream. Circular area (18.5m N-S; 19.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 1.5m) NE->SE. Bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.05m) is best preserved WNW->SE, but very eroded at S. Gap (Wth 2.1m) in bank at NE. Interior flat, poached by cattle and strewn with stones and timber. Stream skirts SW arc of enclosure, c. 3m outside bank. Dry-stone field boundary skirts outer edge of fosse at N. Ringfort (LI028-057---) 50m to SSE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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