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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumnagranshy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumnagranshy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumnagranshy, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on the north-facing slope of a drumlin and preserves a twenty-one metre circular area bounded by two earthen banks separated by a fosse. The banks remain visible along the south, west and north arcs, while the northern entrance keeps breaks in both banks and a causeway across the fosse.
In pasture, on the N-facing slope of a drumlin. A circular area (int. diam. 21m) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse (Wth 4.5m). The inner (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.8m) and the outer bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1m) are evident only along the S, W and N arcs. The entrance is at N with breaks in both the inner (Wth 3m) and the outer (Wth 6m) banks and 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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