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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Derraghan Beg

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a SW-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 48m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.9m; H 0.3m) with the remains of a shallow external fosse (Wth 3.1m; D 0.4m). The bank has been modified and incorporated into field boundaries from WSW-W-N and from E-ESE-SE. The fosse only survives from WSW-W-NW where it has been deepened and reused as a field drain. Elsewhere both the bank and fosse have been levelled but their outlines are still identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF022-015

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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