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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinvoher (corran By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinvoher (corran By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinvoher (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a north-facing slope as a raised circular area twenty-one metres across. A one-metre scarp defines the boundary, while a road bisects the site on a north-northwest to south-southeast axis.
In pasture, on a N-facing slope. A raised circular area (diam. 21m) defined by a scarp (H 1m), bisected by a road (on a NNW-SSE axis). 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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