Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cappog, County Monaghan

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Located at the crest of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. This was described in 1968 as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 49m E-W: 48m N-S) that sloped down slightly to the NE defined by an earthen bank incorporated in a field bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H c. 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m) S-NW with an outer fosse E-SW, and a scarp elsewhere. The entrance (Wth of base 4.8m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.4m; H 0.3m) were at E. The perimeter had been removed W-N-SE by 1995 (OSAP). Archaeological testing (18E0449) c. 30m to the S at the closest point produced no related material (Duffy 2018). Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 29 January 2018 Amended: 29 January 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO012-068

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