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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Donaghmore Lower

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Donaghmore Lower holds a broad earthen ring on a terrace above the river, its high bank and deep outer ditch still drawing a clear circle across the grass. The name Fairy fort suggests people once believed the chamber belonged to another world, yet the neat entrance and sturdy embankment point to human hands shaping a place they could enter, defend or remember. Overgrowth now fills the centre, softening the work of those who built it and returning part of the fortress to the land.
On a natural terrace between a river flood plain and uplands, in fairly level grassland. There are fairly good views in all directions. A roughly circular area (diam.c. 38m on 25-inch OS map) enclosed by wide high earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H c. 1.4-1.8m; ext. H at least 2.5m) and wide external fosse (Wth 4-5m; D c. 1m). Original entrance (Wth 3m) at NE. The interior is fairly heavily overgrown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 22 January 2018

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