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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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No. of fort: 87 Size of fort: 100 ft. Number of rooms: 2 Form of plan: circular Position: N. W. of house. Distance from house: 1/4 mile. Nature of construction: stone Present condition: ruinous Occupied or not: unoccupied Name of fort: none Name of townland: Ardagh Barony: Trim County: Meath
Located towards the top of an E-facing slope with rock outcrop. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35-40m) only on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Fort’. This is an overgrown area (diam. c. 60m E-W) with no evidence of an enclosing feature unless it is incorporated into a field bank W-NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 August, 2016

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