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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ellistronparks

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ellistronparks is a rough circular cashel in County Mayo, Ireland, preserving a stone wall, eastern causeway, western underground passage and two possible hut sites. It is not a passive ruin but a shaped threshold, where pasture, rain and memory still move through its gaps.
In rough pasture, 400m S of cashel (MA118-080001-). Roughly circular area (39m N-S; 44.5m E-W), enclosed by remains of stone wall (H 0.3m; Wth 1.4m). Entrance with causeway (Wth 2.2m) on E. Man-made underground passage (MA118-104002-) on W side. Circular hut site (MA118-104003-) (diam. 4.2m; int. H 1.8m) in interior. Rectangular earthen structure (L 14.5m; Wth 3.8m) adjoins external face at SE, possible hut site. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 279. Date of upload: 28 January 2014

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