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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Crockacullion

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Crockacullion is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Crockacullion, County Sligo, Ireland. The roughly circular area measures about 28.5 metres from northeast to southwest and contains a field boundary wall that is two metres wide and half a metre high. Blackthorn bushes and brambles cover the wall, which also holds large boulders.
A roughly circular area (diam. c. 28.5m NE-SW) defined by an arc of field boundary wall NE-SW and by traces of a scarp NW-NE. The field boundary (Wth c. 2m; H 0.5m), which is densely overgrown with blackthorn bushes and brambles, incorporates some large boulders. 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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