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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dromgownagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In pasture, overlooking Dripsey River valley to S. Circular area (diam. 41m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.5m). Bank stone-faced externally with recessed steps in NE section. Interior once planted with coniferous trees (1938 OS 6-inch map); now grass-covered.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO072-026

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • David P Howard, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Aghabullogue GAA / EchoLive source; photographer not named, www.echolive.ie
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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