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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumaskibbole

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumaskibbole is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumaskibbole, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a rise in undulating pasture and contains an oval area thirty-three metres east-west and twenty metres north-south. A low, broad bank of earth and stone two metres wide and fifty centimetres high encloses the space. The western entrance is two metres wide where part of the bank sweeps down onto the field, but no ditch appears anywhere near the structure.
Located on a rise in undulating ground in pasture. Comprises an oval raised area (int. diam. 33m E-W by 20m N-S) enclosed by a low and broad bank of earth and stone (Wth 2m, H 0.50m). The entrance is on the W (Wth 2m) where a stretch of bank sweeps down off the site onto the level of the field. No indication of a ditch. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2013

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