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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballintue

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a slight natural rise surrounded by gently undulating grassland with good views from SW-W-N-NE. Described in 1972 as a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 28m NNE-SSW) enclosed by two poorly preserved earthen banks and an intervening fosse. There are traces of dry stone walling and upright slabs forming a revetment in places on the internal face of the inner bank. The fosse and outer bank are visible from SSE-S-W. S of the centre of the interior is a deep depression, possibly indicating the site of a souterrain (WM010-034001-). The site has been subsequently levelled and is only barely visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 June 2017

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