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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Toberanania

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Toberanania is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Toberanania, County Sligo, Ireland. The oval platform measures 21.7 metres north-south and 31 metres east-west, with a 1.35-metre scarp and a possible 6-metre entrance at the southeast. A semicircular stone-filled feature cuts into the northern scarp, bounded by low banks on its east and west sides.
In undulating pasture, utilising a low E-W elevation with a fairly steep slope down to N and a more gentle fall of ground to S. An oval flat-topped platform (21.7m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.35m). A possible entrance (Wth 6m) is at SE. Cut into the scarp at N is a roughly semicircular feature (4m E-W; 3m N-S) with a slightly sunken interior, which is filled with stones and defined at E and W by low sod-covered stone banks (H 0.2m). 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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