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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullynagracken South is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullynagracken South, County Sligo, Ireland. An oval area 25 metres north-south and 32 metres east-west sits in undulating pasture southeast of the Sligo-Dublin road. A 1.6-metre-wide earth and stone bank, 0.2 metres high inside and 0.94 metres high outside, encloses the north and northeast, while a 1.27-metre-high scarp runs from northeast to southwest. No ditch cuts through the site.
In undulating pasture to the SE of the Sligo-Dublin road. An oval area (25m N-S; 32m E-W) is enclosed to the N and NE by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.94m; Wth 1.6m) and from NE to SW by a scarp (H 1.27m). There is no fosse. The entrance (Wth 3.6m) is located to the N.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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