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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on the spine of the NE-facing slope of an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. It is depicted as an oval wooded feature (dims c. 45m NNE-SSW; c. 25m WNW-ESE) described as a fort on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as an oval field on the 1907 edition. It was described in 1968 as an oval overgrown area (dims c. 40m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 3.7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m) with traces of an outer stone facing, and an outer fosse (at E: Wth 3m; ext. D 0.15m). There was an entrance (Wth of base 0.9m) at NE. It had been removed by 1995 (OSAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 8 May 2018

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