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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Kincuillew

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Kincuillew is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Kincuillew, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular area measures about 22 metres across and is terraced into the southern slopes of the Ox Mountains. Its collapsed wall reaches 0.8 metres in height, while bushes and briars now cover the interior.
On the southern slopes of the Ox Mountains. A circular area (diam. c. 22m) terraced into the hillside, with the NW half up to 0.5m below and the SE half up to 0.6m above the external ground level. The interior is defined by a collapsed wall (max. H 0.8m) of small stones and is overgrown with bushes and briars. 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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