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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilkilloge

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilkilloge is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilkilloge, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slope in rough pasture and contains a raised circular area twenty-six metres across. An earth and stone bank one metre wide and two point one to three metres high encloses the space, while a silted-up external fosse one point three metres wide surrounds the bank. The original entrance is no longer recognisable but may have faced east-south-east.
On a slope in rough pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth. 1m; ext H c.2.1m - 3m) with a silted-up external fosse (Wth.1.3m). Original entrance not recognisable but may have been at ESE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload 07 March 2013

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