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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrickbanagher

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrickbanagher is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrickbanagher, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a ridge in undulating pasture with excellent views of the surrounding countryside. A grass-covered stone wall encloses a circular area twenty-one metres across, with a possible four-metre-wide entrance at the south. Another rath lies two hundred metres north-northwest on the same ridge.
On a ridge, in undulating pasture with excellent views of the surrounding countryside. A circular area (int. diam. 21m) enclosed by a grass-covered stone wall (T 2.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m). There is a possible entrance (Wth 4.4m) at S. A rath (SL026-139----) lies c. 200m to NNW on the same ridge. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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