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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Doonally (carbury By., Drumcliff East Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Doonally (carbury By., Drumcliff East Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a level summit of a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. A low broad earth bank and external fosse enclose a circular area twenty-two metres across. A break in the bank with a causeway across the fosse at the southeast marks the original entrance.
On a level summit of a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth (Wth 5m; int. H 0.3m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.3m). Both the bank and the fosse enclose the entire site having a consistent profile along the entire circuit. A break (Wth 2.3m) in the bank with a causeway across the fosse at SE marks the position of the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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