Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumgill, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Located towards the top of a steep NW-facing slope and within the W edge of a deciduous forest. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 33.4m E-W; 32m N-S) that slopes down (H 2.6m) to the WNW. It is defined by an earthen bank (at ESE: Wth of base 6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m) which has been damaged by two N-W modern field banks outside it at E. The perimeter is reduced to a scarp (at WNW: Wth 3m; H 2.1m) and an outer berm (at WNW: Wth 4m). The original entrance is not identified and it is enclosed by a field bank NE-S-N at the edge of demesne woodland. Rath (ME002-002----) is c. 150m to the SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME002-001

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Colette Gemmell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Albert Bridge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
JP, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
ClubInfo.ie / Kingscourt Stars GFC profile; individual photographer not named, www.clubinfo.ie
Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gaelic Athletic Association site; individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie

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