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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ranaghan More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In low-lying waterlogged ground. An oval area (int. diam. 33.5m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by the remains of an earthen bank and external fosse. The bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m) is best evident along the W arc and is covered with trees and bushes. The waterlogged fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.3m) is evident all round. 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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