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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bunnafedia

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bunnafedia is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bunnafedia, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slightly raised oval area measuring twenty-three and a half metres east-west and seventeen and a half metres north-south on a pasture rise. A remaining earth and stone bank sits at the upper edge of the scarp on the southeast side, while a shallow quarry cuts into the foot of the bank from the north to northeast. The original entrance is no longer recognisable.
Situated on a rise in average pasture. Slightly raised oval area (dims. 23.5m E-W; 17.5m N-S) defined by a scarp. At the upper edge of the scarp at SE is the remaining portion of a bank of earth and stone (Wth. 3.7m; H 0.65m). No fosse. At the foot of the bank from N-NNE-NE is a shallow quarry. Original entrance not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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