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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rosses Lower

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rosses Lower is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rosses Lower, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the level summit of a broad east-west ridge in pasture. A five-metre-wide bank of earth and stone encloses a twenty-two-metre circular area. A four-metre break at the southeast marks the original entrance, while field clearance rubble now covers the northeast interior.
Situated on level summit of a broad E-W orientated ridge in pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 5m; int. H 0.2m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The internal side of the bank is obscured NNE-SE by a dump of field clearance rubble that occupies the NE one-third of the interior. A break in the bank at SE (Wth 4m) marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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