Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumcor, County Cavan

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What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. diam. 25.8m) enclosed by a low earthen bank modified and incorporated into the field boundary, and a fosse which survives from NW-NNE, has been replaced by a drain and trackway from NNE-SSE and infilled elsewhere. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV020-029

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