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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynafearagh (rathconrath By., Umna Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a very slight rise, in wet pasture with wide views to N, SW and W and overlooked by a rise to NE and E. Monument described in 1971 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 20m) enclosed by a bank, fosse and traces of an outer bank. The earthen bank is very low and there is a very shallow fosse visible from NE-E-S-W-NW. The fosse is infilled from NW-N-NE. The ground is uneven beyond the fosse and there are faint traces of a very low outer bank. The interior is has a gentle NE-facing slope and slight remains of old cultivation ridges running E-W. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 29 July 2019

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