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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymeeny (armstrong)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated in level wet pasture. Raised circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by a bank of earth (Wth 2.5m; H 0.4m) with a fosse (Wth 3.2m) and an external bank of earth (Wth 2.1m; H 0.7m). The interior is densely overgrown with thick gorse extending in a broad ENE-WSW orientated band (Wth c. 15m) on the S side of a field bank that crosses the N side of the site. This overgrowth obscures the enclosing elements at W and at NE. An arc of earthen bank (Wth 2.05m; int. H 0.3m) lies within, and concentric with, the internal bank SE-SW. This bank is separated from the internal bank by a berm (Wth 1.25m). This bank may extend further but extent is obscured by overgrowth. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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