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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dresternagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dresternagh is a raised circular area about thirty metres across, enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, shallow, partly waterlogged fosse. The fosse survives only from WSW-NW and ENE-SSE; elsewhere it has been infilled. The bank has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary, and the original entrance is no longer recognisable.
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, shallow, partly waterlogged fosse which survives only from WSW-NW and from ENE-SSE. Elsewhere it has been infilled. Bank has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Original entrance not recognisable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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