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Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballinlavin

Fairy fort / ringfort
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Situated on the N-facing slope of a hill, in pasture, with good views to E and W. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 35m) standing just W of the townland boundary. Shown on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oblong, irregular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. Barely discernible cropmark of levelled monument visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 28 August 2019

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