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Multi-periodSite Name: BallykinvargaCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 1.877 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Clare Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Village: Kilfenora
Map Ref: R201946
Discovery Map Number: D51
Latitude: 52.996477N Longitude: 9.190719W
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 |
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| 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 19th Apr 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
optimistic20814 visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I had to climb a wall and cross a field or two to get to this. It's on private property, but the field was unoccupied when I found it.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3
A fine and large stone fort measuring 49 x 39 metres internally, and built of large limestone blocks, it has a fine chevaux-de-frise of closely-spaced upright stones to impede attack, including a larger standing-stone (part of a destroyed megalith ?). The wall, surviving up to 4.5 meters high is typically built in vertical layers so that it is as much as 6 meters thick in parts. Remains of huts can be seen built against the wall inside. Grid reference taken from Archaeologist Carleton Jones excellent book, The Burren and the Aran Islands: Exploring the Archaeology.
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