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Embanked enclosure — Bellacagher

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a slight SW-facing slope. Described as a subrectangular area (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank, a wide rounded fosse and an outer bank with an entrance causeway at SSW (Gannon 1972). It was removed during 1995 and is not now visible at ground level in pasture. It is visible as a subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims c. 42m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 5m) on Digitalglobe images. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 29 November 2018

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