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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dromloughan North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In gently undulating pasture with moderate to poor views in all directions,166m E of townland boundary with Fearoe, enclosures (LI022-060/-059----) lie 122m to SW and 200m to NW respectively. Depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped enclosure bisected by a public road running E-W. Present remains consists of slightly raised circular shaped area (22m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m) the interior of which is bisected by a public road (Wth 4.3m) running E-W through the site. The N half of the interior is level, lightly overgrown and strewn with rocks. The S half is undulating, strewn with small rocks and overgrown. The monument is visible overgrown with trees bisected by the road on the Google Earth orthoimages taken 14/02/2020. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimages taken 14/02/2020 and 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 5 August 2020

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