Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Druminagh

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What is recorded here

On the crest of a low E-W ridge towards its E end. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.7m E-W; 32.3m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6-3.7m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 0.8-1m) which is reduced to an overgrown scarp (H1m) NE-SE, and a complete fosse (Wth of base 2.5-3.1m; D 0.3-0.7m), which has been re-cut as a drain NW-N-SE. There is no visible entrance. It is preserved, unplanted, in a coniferous forest (Bing c. 2013).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO020-010

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