What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Doobeg (corran By., Kilturra Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Doobeg (corran By., Kilturra Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a SE-facing pasture slope as a raised oval area measuring 49m north-south and 59m east-west. A 3m wide earthen bank reaches 1.2m internally and encloses the space. A shallow external fosse appears NE-E, while a 5m wide band of boggy ground indicates its line elsewhere except to NW.

In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A raised oval area (int. diam. 49m N-S; 59m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.2m). A shallow external fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.05m) is evident NE-E and the line of it is indicated elsewhere, except to NW, by a 5m wide band of boggy ground. The interior is poached by cattle and there is a Man-made underground passage (SL038-083002-) in the N half. Hawthorn bushes grow on the bank. There is a small quarry immediately to NW. 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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