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Fairy fort / ringfort in Carrickoneilleen

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Fairy fort / ringfort in Carrickoneilleen is a fairy fort or ringfort in Carrickoneilleen, County Sligo, Ireland. It sits on a steep south-facing slope in undulating pasture. The 1837 Ordnance Survey map showed an oval enclosure, while the 1912 edition marked a roughly circular area about thirty metres across. Vegetation now covers the site completely.
Situated on a steep S-facing slope in undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped enclosure and on the 1912 edition as ahachured roughly circular area (diam. c.30m). The area of the site is densely overgrown and inaccessible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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