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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Moneenshinnagh

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Moneenshinnagh is a grass-covered circular area, thirty-three metres across, on the north-facing slope of a low ridge in County Leitrim. Its remains hold a broad wall, four to five metres wide but only twenty centimetres high, with traces of facing-stones. A man-made underground passage site lies inside the circle. The place may have been a dwelling, a boundary marker or a forgotten ritual site, yet life could still have moved through it when the wall was new.
Located on the N-facing slope of a low ridge. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 33m NW-SE) defined by the remains of a wall (Wth 4-5m; H 0.2m) with traces of facing-stones. Man-made underground passage site (LE012-004002-) is in the interior. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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