What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Doonmeegin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Doonmeegin, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture near the top of a southeast-facing drumlin slope. An oval area measures thirty-nine metres north-south and thirty-five metres east-west inside a remaining earthen bank. A four-metre northeast entrance crosses the external fosse by a causeway.

In pasture, near the top of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. An oval area (int. diam. 39m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m) with an external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.4m). The entrance (Wth 4m) is at NE with a causeway across the fosse. 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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