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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymahon

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a level landscape on the plain of the Rive Boyne, with a NW-SE section of the river c. 180m to the NE. A circular area (int. diam. c. 30-35m) defined by a fosse feature (Wth c. 1-3m) with an entrance break (Wth c. 4) at ENE is visible on Bing images (c. 2013). It was first identified by Katherine McCormack, and at the centre there is a triangular pit feature (dims c. 7m x c. 5m). It is also visible on Google Earth (29/06/2018) where an entrance gap at NE is also visible. See the attached view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 July, 2016 Amended: 18 July, 2019

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