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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortermone

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In pasture, on the E-facing slope of a low rise. A raised circular area (diam. 32m) defined by the low remains of an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) SSE-NNE and by a scarp NNE-SSE. The interior slopes gently down to E. 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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