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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Farranyharpy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Farranyharpy, County Sligo, Ireland. The levelled bivallate rath sits on a west facing slope near the top of Red Hill. Its remains show a slightly raised circular area about twenty metres across, an infilled fosse three to five metres wide and a second broadly sloping bank that rises higher on the east side to balance the natural ground fall. A modern field wall now crosses the site from west north west to east south east.

Situated on a W-facing slope close to the top of Red Hill in pasture. Levelled bivallate rath. Remains comprise a slightly raised circular area (diam. c.20m) defined by a low scarp (H 0.5m). At the foot of the scarp is the outline of an infilled fosse (Wth. 3m - 5m). At the outer edge of the fosse is a second levelled bank. This survives as a broadly sloping scarp (Wth. 4.5m - 10m; H 0.1m at W; 1.7m at E). It is much more substantial at E to compensate for the naturally-occurring fall in external ground level. A modern WNW-ESE field wall divides the site into unequal portions. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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