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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Graniamore

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Graniamore is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Graniamore, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area measures about forty metres across and sits near the top of a west-facing drumlin slope in reclaimed pasture. A north-south field boundary crosses the west interior, where quarrying removed part of the scarp.
In reclaimed pasture, near the top of the W-facing slope of a drumlin. A raised circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a scarp (H 0.8m at E, 1.2m at W). The W edge of the interior is crossed by a N-S field boundary. On the W side of this field boundary some of the scarp has been removed by quarrying. 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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