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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drummond

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a level landscape. The cropmark of a bivallate enclosure (max. ext. diam. c. 50m) defined by a wider inner and narrow outer fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (15) 7–10). It is also visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). Archaeological testing (19E0808) by c. 30m to the NW at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2020:060). (Whitty 2019) See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 2 March, 2012 Amended: 6 May, 2014; 9 November 2022

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