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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumillard (farney By)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Located towards the SE end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 47m E-W; 40.8m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SSE: Wth 6.2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.8m) SE-E that is reduced to a scarp (at NNW: Wth 7m; H 4m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.8m; Wth of base 2.2m; ext. D 0.2m) E-S, which might be obscured by field banks outside the perimeter elsewhere. There is an entrance gap (Wth of base 2.5m) at SE, which might be the original entrance 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. Date of revision: 6 December 2017

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