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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Tully (carbury By., Calry Ed)

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Tully (carbury By., Calry Ed) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Tully (carbury By., Calry Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight rise in rocky pasture and consists of a circular area twenty-one metres across. A three-point-two-metre-wide bank of rubble limestone and earth encloses this space on all sides, reaching forty centimetres in internal height. Un-coursed stone blocks remain visible on the western and north-eastern exterior, while no entrance or ditch is currently distinguishable.
Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating rocky pasture. Circular slightly raised area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a stone bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The bank encloses the site on all sides and is made up primarily of rubble limestone with some earth. From W-WNW and NW-NE the external facing of un-coursed rubble limestone blocks of the wall survives. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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