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Ballymacgibbon : Ring Fort

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Grid RefM 181 553
Longitude9° 14' 7.95" W
Latitude53° 32' 28.47" N
Nearest TownCong (3.3 Km)
OS Sheet38
UTM zone29U
UTM x484391.02522912
UTM y5932507.8548666
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 25th January 2003

Due to the trees that grow on the banks and within there is not a lot to see here, but it is probably a good example of somebody building their homestead near to a more ancient monument to gain prestige from it.

It is about 70m in diameter and has good banks around 1.5m high in places.

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