Embanked enclosure in Cavanreagh, County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Located on top of a drumlin. It is depicted on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map and is described as ‘Crow fort’ in gothic lettering on the latter. This is a circular area (diam. 24m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a scarp (at E: Wth 1m; H 0.8m; at W: H 1.2m). There is no visible fosse or entrance, but the base of the scarp is surrounded by a collapsed field wall SW-NW. It was adapted as a tree-ring and the perimeter is planted with deciduous trees. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 4 May 2018

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO016-009

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Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Fintan McTiernan; published by Monaghan GAA, www.flickr.com
Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
Allie_Caulfield from Germany, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher

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