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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinlig (tireragh By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinlig (tireragh By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinlig (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies the southeast side of a low rise in undulating pasture, where a raised circular area measuring nineteen metres across is defined by a scarp between half and one and a half metres high. Field boundaries once modified the northeast to east-southeast perimeter but have since been removed, leaving no visible fosse or recognisable original entrance.
Situated at the SE side of a low rise in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 19m) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m - 1.3m). From N-E-ESE the perimeter was modified and incorporated into field boundaries which have since been removed. No fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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