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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Clooneagh

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Clooneagh is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Clooneagh, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in pasture on top of a drumlin. The remains form a north-south arc of stone wall, overgrown with hedges, while the east half of the interior stays level and the west half slopes gently downward.
In pasture, on top of a drumlin. Indicated on the 1942-3 OS 6-inch map as an arc of hachures (C c. 30m) NNW-E on the NE side of a field boundary. Remains consist of an arc (C 25.8m) of stone wall (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1m; T 3.4m) N-S, overgrown with hedges. The E half of the interior is level, the W half slopes gently down to W. 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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