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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynastraw (ballaghkeen By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Located on a N-facing slope close to the headwaters of a small NW-SE stream which is c. 50m to the NE. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a single fosse feature that is truncated by an ENE-WSW field bank at N is visible on aerial photograph (MM (12) 36). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 11 July 2012 Amended: 30 April, 2014

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