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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mullanabreena

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In pasture, on the S-facing slope of a rise. An oval area (31m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.9m) NW-NE, E-S and at SW and by a scarp elsewhere. The N portion of the level interior is cut into the slope and the S portion is raised c. 0.7m to compensate for the hillslope. 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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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