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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mullaghmore (tirerrill By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Mullaghmore (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It is the most north-easterly of two conjoined raths on a ridge in rough grazing. A raised circular area measuring nineteen metres across is enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is evident from the southeast to the northeast, while the low outer bank appears from the east-northeast to the southwest.

In rough grazing, on top of a ridge. The most north-easterly of two conjoined raths (see SL027-098002-). A raised circular area (diam. 19m) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.3m) is evident SE-NE, truncated by a field boundary NE-SE and reduced to a slight inner lip along the S arc. The intervening fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5m) is evident ENE-NNW. A low and eroded outer bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.4m) is evident ENE-S and SW-NNW, interrupted by the fosse of the conjoined rath S-SW and truncated by a field boundary at NNW. The interior is crossed N of centre by an E-W field boundary. The rath is grass-covered with some rushes growing in the interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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