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Fairy fort / ringfort in Derrynagarragh

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a hill with wide views of the surrounding countryside. Earthwork (WM007-103----) 190m to S. Depicted on the 1911 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 39m E-W), and described in an OPW field report from 1967 as having a bank and external fosse. No surface remains visible of levelled ringfort. Cropmark of this levelled monument is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 April 2017

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