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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. It occupies a raised oval area measuring 17.5 metres north-south and 29 metres east-west on a ridge slope. An earth and stone bank four metres wide runs along the eastern arc, while a steeper scarp defines the remaining boundary. Hazel and hawthorn bushes now overgrow the structure.
In poor pasture, on the top of a NW-facing slope of a ridge and immediately S of a townland boundary. A raised oval area (17.5m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m) along the E arc and by a scarp (H 0.7m) elsewhere. The rath is overgrown with hazel and hawthorn bushes. 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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