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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dromagarraun

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Atop low rise, in undulating pasture. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 24m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.45m) with external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 2.3m). Entire site covered by dense overgrowth of trees, and undergrowth of bushes and brambles. Field boundary abuts enclosure at NE and NW and incorporates enclosing bank NW->NE. There are numerous cattle breaks in bank, visible through undergrowth.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI018-080

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