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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 ed. Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 27m) enclosed by an earthen bank, which been much modified and incorporated into the field boundary from S-W-NNW, and traces of a shallow fosse. Both bank and fosse have been levelled from NNW-E-S. Original entrance not recognisable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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