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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Maghernaharny

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Located just E of a summit on an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 37.5m NE-SW: 35.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth of base 3.9m; Wth of top 2.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m), with no visible fosse. It is surrounded by farm buildings NE-SW and by a farm lane…

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Located just E of a summit on an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 37.5m NE-SW: 35.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth of base 3.9m; Wth of top 2.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m), with no visible fosse. It is surrounded by farm buildings NE-SW and by a farm lane SE-SW. There are modern entrances at NE and S and the original entrance is not identified. The perimeter is truncated by a NE-SW field bank at NW and a farm track runs through the centre now NE-SW (digitalglobe). Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 18 June 2018 Marked 'Fort' on 1835 OS 6-inch map. Circular area (37.5m NE-SW; 35.5m NW-SE) surrounded by traces of earthen bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO018-038

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