Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tonagh, County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Located towards the NE end of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area defined by a fosse (at N: Wth of top 2.3m; int. D 1.3m) and an overgrown outer bank (at N: Wth c. 4m; int. H 2.1m; ext. H 0.4m) WSW-N-ENE (diam. 41m E-W; 37m N-S). There is a second outer bank W-N. No entrance can be identified, and it may be a barrow.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO018-002

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