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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockdrin (corkaree By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on NE facing slope of a gently rising hill in undulating grassland. This monument is situated on the demesne lands of Knockdrin Castle (WM012-176----) in an area of formal tree planting, and it is likely that the ringfort was reused as a tree-ring in the post 1700 period. The road which marks the townland boundary with Kilmaglish is less than 5m to the W. A slightly raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 30m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a shallow external fosse that is best preserved from NNE-E-SE. The interior slopes slightly from SW-NE and contains several beech and oak trees. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2018

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