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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Marked 'Fort' on the OS 1836 ed. and 'Site of' on 1876 ed. Depicted as a triangular tree plantation on the OS latest edition Within the tree plantation is a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 25m) enclosed by a low earthen bank identifiable from W-N-E, and a fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. Densely overgrown with vegetation. 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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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