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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballywilliam South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on S-facing slope immediately below brow of hill. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (D 0.1m; Wth 1.8m) NNE->ESE and SSW->WNW; fosse covered by nettles. Bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.2m), heavily masked by overgrowth, is best preserved along S arc. Break in bank (Wth 1.8m) matched by causeway (Wth 5.7m) at SE. Interior, covered with nettles, slopes down gently to S. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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