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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonahinshin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonahinshin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonahinshin, County Sligo, Ireland. The heavily degraded remains occupy a rise in undulating pasture and consist of a raised circular area with an internal diameter of 23.5 metres. A denuded earthen bank encloses the space, measuring about 1.5 metres wide, 0.2 metres high internally and 0.3 metres high externally. Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman, Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy documented these features in the Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo published in 2005.
In undulating pasture, on a rise. The heavily degraded remains of a raised circular area (int. diam. 23.5m) enclosed by a denuded earthen bank (Wth c. 1.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m). 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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