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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumraine (tirerrill By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumraine (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The circular embanked area measured about 35m in diameter on the 1838 map and was bisected by a field boundary. The 1914 map shows only the NW arc, a 24m curve forming a 1.6m high scarp with a 6m wide external fosse. Faint traces of the remaining 18m section are visible through thistle growth on the SE side of the boundary.

On a hillock. Indicated as a circular embanked area (diam. c. 35m), bisected by a NE-SW field boundary, on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. On the 1914 OS 6-inch map only the NW arc is shown which abuts a linear field boundary. This arc (C 24m), which encloses a semicircular area (dims. 5m NW-SE), is formed by a scarp (H 1.6m) with an external fosse (Wth 6m) abutting a NE-SW field boundary. Faint traces of the remainder of the rath (18m NW-SE), defined by a growth of thistles, are visible on the SE side of the field boundary. The rath is partially covered with overgrowth. A field boundary extends to NW from the edge of the rath. 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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