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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymanus

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on top of a slight but prominent natural rise, ringfort (WM003-025----) 140m to NNW, church site (WM003-006---) 160m to SSW. A roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 38m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank, shallow external fosse with traces of a possible external bank visible at E and SW only. Possible entrance gap (Wth 1.8m) at SSE. The grass-covered wall footings of a rectangular house site (WM003-026001-) are visible in S quadrant. A series of low earthen banks to the E and W of the ringfort probably represent an ancient field system (WM003-026002-) contemporaneous with the monument. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 December 2016

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