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Fairy fort / ringfort in Drumkilsellagh

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Fairy fort / ringfort in Drumkilsellagh is a fairy fort or ringfort in Drumkilsellagh, County Sligo, Ireland. The site sat on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. The 1837 map showed a circular enclosure cut by a northeast-southwest road, while the 1913 map drew an interverted D-shaped enclosure measuring twenty metres. The monument has been levelled, leaving no visible remains at ground level.
On slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure bisected by a NE-SW road. On the 1913 edition it is shown as an interverted D-shaped hachured enclosure (max. dim. 20m). This monument has been levelled and there are no remains now visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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