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In pasture, located on elevated ground c. 80m E of a castle (MA091-010----).A modern house and garden are immediately to S, and there are farm buildings immediately to E. A circular enclosure, marked ‘Danes Fort’ is shown on an 1811 estate map (NLI Ms. 2713) at roughly this location. It is not shown on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps. There is no visible trace at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA091-011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; David Purchase, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; C Michael Hogan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Rick Crowley, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Dr Wotsit, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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