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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cashelgarran

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cashelgarran is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cashelgarran, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area spans twenty metres and contains a limestone rubble bank three point seven metres wide. The N15 road passes the southwest edge, while dense growth now hides the entrance and interior from view.
Situated on broad rise, on level ground, in gently undulating pasture. The N15 (Sligo-Bundoran) road skirts the edge of the site at SW. Not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Raised circular area (diam. c.20m) enclosed by a bank of limestone rubble (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.5m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. The site is densely overgrown and inaccessible. No indication of a Man-made underground passage (SL005-115002-) was identified. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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