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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Derries Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

Raised oval area (int. dims. 55m NNW-SSE; 46m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a low, narrow earthen bank and a narrow, shallow fosse. Both have been much modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV019-016

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What survives
Recorded monument

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  • NTF30, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Sarah777 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Adam Simpson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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