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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Millpark

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort in Millpark, County Leitrim: a grass-covered D-shaped earthen platform, 30.3m E-W and 20.8m N-S, with a scarp 5.4m wide and 0.6m high at east, 5m wide and 1m high at south; no visible fosse or entrance, truncated at north by an E-W field bank. It sits on a gentle SW-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. People may have stood inside it, watched the sky tilt over the rim, or forgotten the name of the hand that shaped it.
Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. This is a grass-covered D-shaped earthen platform (dims 30.3m E-W; 20.8m N-S) defined by a scarp (at E: Wth 5.4m; H 0.6; at S: Wth 5m; H1m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable entrance, and the rath is truncated by an E-W field bank at N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Amended: 5 December 2019

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