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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilnacran

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Located on top of a hill with farm buildings immediately to the NE. It was described in 1968 (SMR file) as a raised and circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 35m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (at N: H 2m; at SW: Wth 4m; H 1.7m). The original entrance was not identified and there was no visible fosse as farm buildings abutted the base of the scarp N-E and it was skirted by a farm lane E-S-W. There was a field bank at the base of the scarp W-N. The interior was occupied by a large farm shed obliterating the S part of the monument by 1995 (OSAP) while the N part became paved.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO014-024

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • Fintan McTiernan; published by Monaghan GAA, www.flickr.com
  • Fintan McTiernan / Monaghan GAA official Flickr, www.flickr.com
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