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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bocks Lower

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a low hillock in a low-lying landscape between drumlins with a small a small stream curving around it c. 110m distant at SE-S to c. 45m W of the monument. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 41.5m WNW-ESE; 40m NNE-SSW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at E: Wth 2.3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.6m) with inner facing stones that is incorporated into a field bank S-W and partly quarried at NNW. There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. 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: Michael Moore Date of revision: 31 January 2018

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