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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grange

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grange is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Grange, County Sligo, Ireland. The oval structure measures 42 metres east-west and 40 metres north-south across a narrow ridge summit. An earthen scarp rises 1.3 metres around the raised area, though no fosse appears and the original entrance remains unrecognisable. A field boundary bank with a drain crosses the western interior, intersecting the scarped edge at the southwest and northwest.
Straddling the narrow summit of ENE-WSW orientated ridge in pasture. Oval-shaped raised area (dims. 42m E-W; 40m N-S) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 1.3m). No fosse visible. A NW-SE orientated field boundary bank with a drain on the E side crosses the W side of the interior intersecting with the scarped edge at SW and at NW. Original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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