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Partially hachured — Ballintober

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Partially hachured — Ballintober
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Situated on a low ridge, on S-facing slope of a high hill. Ringfort (WM031-046----) lies c. 106m to SE. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a low earthen bank with slight traces of an external fosse. No clear entrance feature visible. The interior has a slight S-facing slope with the remains of broad cultivation ridges. visible. Monument is obscured today by an area of scrub on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 13 November 2019

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