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Drumcashel Fort

Archaeological place

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Half a century after Tempest mapped its slopes in 1944, the fort still resists a single explanation. A Norman motte may have been forced atop an older Irish rath, trapping both identities inside one ridge. The missing staircase and strange terrace suggest two worlds collided before either learned the other's name.
Drumcashel Fort is recorded as a archaeological place in County Louth. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

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