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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumboher

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated towards the top of a steep E-facing slope that leads to a col between higher summits to the NW and S. This monument is depicted as an irregularly shaped, scrub-covered enclosure on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as an oval enclosure on the 1945 edition. An arc (Chord 30m N-S) of an overgrown earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 2.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.35m) with traces of an external fosse survives at W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE033-003

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5
  • jonleebotany, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Fifiheavey, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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