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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ballygilgan

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ballygilgan is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ballygilgan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight southeast-facing slope in gently undulating pasture, with a second cashel located sixty metres to the northwest. The slightly raised circular area measures twenty-one metres across and is enclosed by a rubble limestone bank three point seven metres wide and zero point three metres high internally. No fosse is visible at ground level, and the original entrance is not recognisable.
Situated on a slight SE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. A second cashel (SL008-015---) is located 60m to the NW. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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