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Fairy fort / ringfort in Breeoge

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Fairy fort / ringfort in Breeoge is a fairy fort or ringfort in Breeoge, County Sligo, Ireland. The overgrown site presents a one-metre raised area in flat pasture near Ballysadare Bay, possibly enclosed by contiguous stones at its base. Maps from 1913 identify it as a D-shaped antiquity of ringfort size.
Classified as 'Enclosure' in SMR (1989) manual and 1995 RMP (1995). It was re-classified based on the fact that it is depicted as an antiquity on the OS 1st edition of the 6-inch map and as a hachured D-shaped enclosure of ringfort size on the latest (1913) edition. Located in flat to undulating pasture with views onto Ballysadare Bay. This overgrown site comprises a raised area (H 1m) possibly enclosed by a stone wall indiacted by the presence ofa number of contiguous stones around the base. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload; 16/09/2013

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