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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Spring Garden

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Spring Garden is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Spring Garden, County Sligo, Ireland. The structure occupies a low rise in pasture and preserves a circular area twenty-one point seven metres across. A degraded earth and stone bank four metres wide and point four metres high borders the west, while the north interior contains a raised level platform.
Situated on a low rise in lowlying pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 21.7m) defined by a degraded bank of earth and stone (Wth. 4m; int. H 0.4m) which has been incorporated into the field boundary from SW-W-NW. No fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. At N and NE the interior has been substantially raised to create a level platform. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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