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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lecarrow (tireragh By., Buncrowey Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lecarrow (tireragh By., Buncrowey Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lecarrow (tireragh By., Buncrowey Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a gentle east-facing slope on a low north-northwest to south-southeast ridge within undulating pasture. An eighteen-point-five-metre circular area is enclosed by a four-point-five-metre wide earth and stone bank that stands eighty centimetres high internally and sixty centimetres high externally. Farming has levelled the bank from the north to east-southeast, hiding the original entrance.
Situated on a gentle E-facing slope of a low NNW-SSE ridge in undulating pasture. Circular area (diam. 18.5m) enclosed by a bank (Wth. 4.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.6m) of earth and stone which has been levelled from N-E-ESE. Original entrance not recognisable. Projecting into the interior from the inner face of the bank at WSW is a small subcircular structure, possibly a hut site (SL017-024002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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