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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumganus Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on the summit of a short NW-SE drumlin ridge. A circular enclosure is depicted here at Drumganus Upper on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793), and an embanked circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) is depicted also on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a 'fort' in gothic lettering. The area is now bisected by a NW-SE field bank and hedge but at the N end it changes direction to NNW-SSE. A small section of an earthen bank (L 2m; H 1m) projects W from the field bank at this point. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Claire Breen, Michael Moore Date of revision: 27 February 2018

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