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Indicated — Ballymurray (athlone North By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated — Ballymurray (athlone North By.)
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On the floodplain of the Hind river, c. 50m from its canalised S bank. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 32.3m NW-SE; 12m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 4m; Wth of top 1m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2m) SSW-W, reduced to a low scarp SSE-SSW and W-NW, accompanied by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.8m) S-W. It is truncated by a WNW-ESE railway to the N and by a field bank at E. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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