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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rossdreenagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on the summit of a N-S drumlin ridge. It is depicted as an arc of an earthen bank (Chord c. 20m) at the E edge of an embanked enclosure and described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is represented as an arc of hachures on the 1907 edition. An overgrown N-S mound (L 14.5m; Wth of base 7.2m; Wth of top 2.5m; H 0.65m at N to 1.1m at E), which is probably the spoil from the monument, remains. 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: 31 July 2017

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