Campbells fort, fairy fort in County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Located on the summit of a knoll, it is described as Campbell’s Fort in gothic lettering on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 53m; N-S; 50m E-W; int. diam. 49m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth 6.2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.2m) and outer fosse (at S: Wth of top 4.6m; ext. D 0.8m) is incorporated into a field bank and hedge E-SSW, and by a scarp (at N: Wth 2m; ext. H 0.8m) with an outer berm (at N: Wth 7m) suggesting the fosse elsewhere. A slight dip in the perimeter at NW may be the entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO034-007

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