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Embanked enclosure in Drinagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45-50m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a low rise. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 39m NE-SW), which is used as a feeding station and known locally as 'the fort', defined by a scarp (Wth 2.4m; H 0.7m) S-NW and a field bank and hedge N-SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO030-014

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