Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumbenagh

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Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 29.5m NE-SW; 26.5m NE-SW) that slopes down to the SE. It is defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 3m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.2m) and hedge S-W-NE but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (at SE: H 1.45m) and hedge elsewhere, and traces of an outer fosse. The original entrance is not identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO009-017

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