Earthwork in Tromman, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated at the bottom of a S-facing slope. It is depicted as a rectangular enclosure and described as a ‘Dane’s Fort’ only on a manuscript map (21 F 15 (20) in the National Library of Ireland, which was made in 1789. It is not visible at ground level in pasture, and it does not appear on any aerial images. Its exact location is not known.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME042-014

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