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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Donaghstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On level pasture (formerly tillage, SMR file), immediately N of a small stream. A very poorly preserved sub rectangular area (dims L 24m E-W; Wth 18m N-S) is defined by a broad but very shallow fosse (Wth 7m; D 0.1-0.2m) along the N and by a low scarp (H 0.6m) along the E. Visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP ATA 29, BDU 42) in 1967 as larger, more circular, and better-defined. An earthwork site (KD010-006----) lies c. 70m to the NW Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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