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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Prughlish

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Prughlish is a circular earthen platform in County Leitrim, Ireland. The original entrance is not identified. A band of rushes marks the external fosse, while a slight bank remains at the southwest edge. The unmarked entry and hidden shape keep the place alive under its ordinary grass and rush surface.
Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered circular earthen platform (diam. 30.5m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.3m at N to 0.8m at E) with slight traces of a bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.2m) at SW, and an external fosse (Wth 2.4m generally to 4.6m) indicated by a band of rushes. The original entrance is not identified. 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. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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