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Fairy fort / ringfort in Bananstown

Fairy fort / ringfort
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Situated on a natural gentle rise surrounded by undulating grassland. Lough Adeel 850m to E. Ringfort (WM008-058----) 100m to W. The townland boundary with Johnstown intersects the W side of the site, & the townland boundary with Drumcree is immediately to the S. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 36m N-S; 27m E-W). This site has been almost completely levelled and only a slight scarp is visible from N-E-S . Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 April 2017

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