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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Drumaskibbole

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Drumaskibbole is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Drumaskibbole, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a ridge in undulating pasture with a view onto the Ox Mountains. An oval raised area measures 24m east west and 27m north south inside a stone wall that reaches 1.60m high. Rubble cross walls divide the interior while the east side formed an external field boundary.
Located on a ridge in undulating pasture with a view onto the Ox Mountains. Comprises an oval raised area (int. dims. 24m E-W, 27m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall( Wth 2.50m, max. H 1.60m) with only a few instances of the inner and outer facing surviving. The site is divided internally by a pair of of rubble cross-walls and the E side has been used to construct an external field boundary. There is no indication of a ditch or entrance. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 4 November 2013

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