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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynamona (smallcounty By., Hospital Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Enclosure described in 1943 as following; 'This consists of a circular fairly flat topped earthen mound which does not seem to have had a fosse. There is no bank on the platform or around the mound. The maximum height is 7' [2.1m] and its overall diameter is 100' [30m]. It is situated on the very edge of the bank of a stream tributary to the Camoge River' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 179). The outline of the monument is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 February 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 351/4 and 5 taken 05/01/2003.

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