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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballintaw

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In flat pasture, 225m SW of an enclosure (LI031-057----). Depicted on OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 22m) defined by a bank from N-E-S-SW and scarp with external fosse from NE-SE and S-W, truncated at N by a post-1700 field boundary running E-W. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as circular-shaped earthwork defined by bank, incorporated into field boundary at N and intersected at NE by field boundary running NE-SW. Monument visible as sub-circular shaped area enclosed by tree-covered bank truncated by field boundary at N, on OSi orthophotographs taken between 2005-2012 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020. Faint trace of external fosse at SE visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 05/04/2006. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 23 March 2021 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 308/33 & 37 taken 13/09/2002.

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