Tullyarran Fort, fairy fort in County Meath

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What is recorded here

Located on the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge, it is described as ‘Tullyarran Fort’ in gothic lettering on the OS 6-inch maps. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 49m N-S; 46m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 2.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.3m) and hedge with traces of an external stone facing, and slight traces of an external fosse or drain (at NE: Wth 0.9m; ext. D 0.2m). The original entrance is not identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME004-005

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