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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumbo

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Raised circular area (int. diam. 25m) enclosed by a slight earthen bank. External fosse has been infilled but its outline is still identifiable. The rath is encircled by a modern bank from NE-S-WSW which may easily be confused with the original bank. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV020-027

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Deadstar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Peter Gerken, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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