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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballincurry (crohane Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In grassland on an E-facing slope of rising ground in upland region with good views in all directions. Much degraded ringfort consisting of a circular area (int. diam 30m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by a low degraded bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.1m) mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.3m) and outer fosse (base Wth 1.5m; top Wth 4m; ext. D 0.2m) visible from S through W to N only with possible suggestion of a second levelled bank visible at S only. The fosse has been intersected by a field boundary at E on a N-S axis. May originally have been a bivallate ringfort which has been degraded by agricultural improvements. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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