Danish fort, fairy fort in County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Situated on top of a prominent drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (int. dims 29m E-W; 26.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.25m at NE to 0.6m at W; ext. H 2.15m) with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 3.9m; D 0.4m). The original entrance is not identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE028-032

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Fifiheavey, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Discover Ireland; photographer not stated, Discover Ireland
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Oliver Dixon / Geograph, commons.wikimedia.org

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