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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knocknahur South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knocknahur South is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocknahur South, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a local highpoint in undulating improved pastureland with views onto Knocknarea and the Ox Mountains. The oval enclosure measures twenty metres north-south and fifteen metres east-west, defined by a bank one point two metres wide and thirty centimetres high. A modern field wall covers the bank in the east and northeast.
Located on a local highpoint in undulating improved pastureland with views onto Knocknarea and the Ox Mountains. Comprises an oval enclosure (L 20m N-S, Wth 15m E-W). This is defined by a a bank (Wth 1.20m, H 0.30m). In the E and NE the bank is covered by a modern field wall. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13 August 2013

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