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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardkeeran (tirerrill By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardkeeran (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the east end of a low narrow ridge immediately north of Riverstown village. The oval interior measures twenty-seven by twenty-two metres and contains a possible underground passage in the eastern half. A disused quarry appears on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map northwest of the site.

In pasture, at the E end of a low narrow ridge, immediately N of Riverstown village. An oval area (27m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) raised 1.2 and 2m above external ground level in the W and E sectors respectively. The interior is enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7m) with the remains of stone facing along the inner face. The outer face of the bank is steep sided. The interior slopes down to SE. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL027-120002-) in E half of the interior. A gap occurs in the bank at SE (Wth 5m) with a corresponding gentle slope down to the exterior. The upper stone of a rotary quern was found in 1999 adjacent to the rath (Walsh 2000, 280). A disused quarry, indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, lies NW of the rath. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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