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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownaboll

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownaboll is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownaboll, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the top of a narrow ridge in undulating pasture. A circular earth and stone bank surrounds the raised area, while a deep fosse cuts across the ridge at the east and west sides.
This monument straddles the top of a narrow WNW-ESE ridge in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (dims. 12.5m NNE-SSW; 9.7m WNW-ESE) enclosed from NE-S-NNW by a bank of earth and stone (Wth. 3m - 4m; H 0.5m - 1m) and elsewhere defined by a steep scarp. At the foot of the bank at E and W, where it cuts across the spine of the ridge, is a wide, deep fosse (Wth. 5m; D 1m) with ephemeral traces of a possible counterscarp bank. At the foot of the bank at S is a terrace (Wth. 3m). Fosse and terrace are absent at N. At SSE is a break in the bank (Wth. 1.6m) but there is no accompanying causeway. The internal ground level is uneven. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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