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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lackanatlieve

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lackanatlieve is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lackanatlieve, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a low rise in undulating pasture and contains a slightly raised circular area twenty-four and a half metres across. An earthen bank three to three and a half metres wide encloses the circle, standing forty to eighty centimetres high internally and ninety to one hundred and twenty centimetres high externally. Several breaks and erosion mark the bank, but the original entrance remains unrecognisable.
Situated on a low rise in undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 24.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.4-0.8m; ext. H 0.9-1.2m). There are several breaks and areas or erosion in the bank but the original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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