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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drummaunroe

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated in a low-lying position between drumlins with a small NW-SE stream c. 20m to the NE. This is a grass-covered circular earthen platform (diam. 24m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an overgrown scarp (H 0.2mat NE to 0.45m at W) with a fosse indicated by a band of lush vegetation (Wth 1.4m). The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 16 October 2019

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