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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dungummin Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Dungummin Upper holds a fifty-four-metre earthen ring where a farmyard now presses against its eastern edge. The low bank has lost its entrance, denying human entry to the space within. It is no longer a fortress for people, but a finished chamber for the fairies who rejected visibility and claimed the hidden ground instead.
Raised circular area (int. diam. 54m) enclosed by a very low earthen bank. Original entrance not recognisable. The site is encircled by modern field boundaries and a farmyard abuts it at E. 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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