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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bellacagher

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a shelf of a SW-facing slope at the NW end of a low WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 23m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.7-1m) NW-E-SW, with traces of a fosse (Wth of top 5.5m; D 0.4m) S-SW. The monument is bisected by a NNE-SSW drystone wall and the NW quadrant has been quarried away leaving a pond. Barrow (RO034052002-) is 10m to the E and rath (RO034-053----) is c. 110m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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