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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Greenan is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Greenan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a flat-topped rise above Lough Gowra and joins a lower enclosure along its eastern edge. Two concentric ruinous walls define the oval interior, while a third wall appears as a short outer arc. A kerb circle lies thirty metres to the southeast.

In rocky pasture, on a flat-topped rise overlooking Lough Gowra and within a field system (SL040-063001-). Conjoined along the E arc to an enclosure (SL040-071002-) which is located on a lower level. A raised oval area (int. diam. 20m x 17.2m) defined by two concentric ruinous stone walls and a short section of a third wall. The inner wall (Wth 5.2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.75m) of limestone slabs, boulders and rubble has a gap (Wth 2.8m) at N. The middle wall (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) forms the W arc of the conjoined enclosure and also has a gap at N. The inner and middle walls are 2m apart. An arc of outer wall (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.55m) is evident 1.8m outside the middle wall SW-NW, merging with it at SW. The interior is strewn with sod-covered stones, possibly upcast from the Man-made underground passage (SL040-071003-) in the NE quadrant. A kerb circle (SL040-072----) lies c. 30m to SE. 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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