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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardmone East

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised circular area (int. diam. 31.7m) enclosed by a low earthen bank which has been substantially modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Original entrance may have been at W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV022-002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Eric Jones, Wikimedia Commons
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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