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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Marahill (upper Loughtee By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a broad rocky ridge in otherwise low-lying wet marshy land. Davies (ITA Survey 1940) describes it as a roughly circular area (diam. c. 22.85m) enclosed by a semicircular portion of bank composed mainly of small chips of stone with a less extensive fosse. He speculated that this was a waterside type rath, one side of which is bounded by bog probably representing an extinct lake. Not located. 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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