Forts, enclosure in County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Located towards the top of the SE-facing spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. A rectangular grass and scrub-covered annexe (dims 33m NE-SW; 27 NW-SE at SW to 36m NW-SE at NE) is attached to the NW of rath (MO028-036----). It is defined by scarps at SW and NE (Wth 3.2m; H 2.6m) and by an earthen bank at NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO028-036001

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