<< Our Photo Pages >> Ballyallaban Ring Fort - Stone Fort or Dun in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Clare
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Multi-periodSite Name: Ballyallaban Ring Fort Alternative Name: An RathCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 0.128 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Clare Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Ballyvaughan
Map Ref: M223050
Latitude: 53.090230N Longitude: 9.160466W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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jeffrep visited on 18th Apr 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
optimistic20814 visited on 27th Jul 2002 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 I've visited this many times. Right off the road near Ailwee Cave.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.5
Ballyallaban Ring Fort is an earth fort, thus the name it is called on maps and by locals: An Rath. Surrounded by a fosse (a generally flooded moat or defensive ditch), the fort was built up and may have had a protective fence of sharp pointed stakes. While earth structures are the most common type of ancient monument in Ireland, they are rare in the rocky Burren area.
An Rath is in good repair and has a very well developed canopy of trees, mainly mature beech, with a deep trench all around which occasionally fills with water.
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