Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Crosserlough, County Cavan

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What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. diam. 27m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank which has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Modern trenches skirt the exterior of the bank. An earlier report (OPW 1970) suggested that the original entrance may have been at SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV038-014

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