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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skreen Beg is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Skreen Beg, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area measures 24 metres north-south and 21 metres east-west inside a worn earthen bank 3.6 metres wide and 0.4 metre high. A four-metre eastern gap with an external ramp marks the entrance, while small quarry holes appear in the northern and western bank.
Situated on hillock in undulating pasture. Raised, roughly circular area (dims. 24m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by a much denuded earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.4m). From SWNW the bank is absent and the defining element is a scarp (H 0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. Break in the bank at E (Wth 4m) with accompanying external ramp marks original entrance. Small quarry holes have been dug into the bank at N and W. House site (see SL013-038002-) is located centrally in the interior.
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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