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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dungaghy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on NE-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. Monument described in 1971 as an oval-shaped area enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The bank is high and steep and is almost reduced to a scarp with several small disturbance gaps. The fosse is best preserved at S and elsewhere it is either infilled, disturbed or obscured by modern field fences which encroach on the site at NW, N and NE. A much disturbed gap (Wth at top 5.9m; basal Wth 2m) at NE may represent the entrance, although there is no visible trace of a causeway. The interior has a NE-facing slope. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 13 August 2019

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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