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Fairy fort / ringfort in Togherstown

Fairy fort / ringfort
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Situated on the E side of the summit of a prominent hillock, in pasture with good views to NNE. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork. Monument described in 1978 as an almost completely levelled, roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 49m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by a very slight, smooth scarp and slight traces of an external fosse. No clear entrance feature visible. The interior has a gentle ESE-facing slope and the surface is uneven with humps and hollows due to trees which were planted within. A low, circular-shaped rise within the WNW quadrant appears to be natural. The area outside the scarp at W has also been defaced in modern times. Outline of much degrade monument visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 05 September 2019

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