Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Abbeytown, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a NW-facing slope with excellent views. An oval area (33.7m NNW-SSE; 19.2m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a low grass-covered drystone wall (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.85m). From NNE-SE the wall has been modified and incorporated into a linear field boundary, aligned NNW-SSE. There is a break (Wth c. 3.8m) in the wall at S. The interior is slightly sunken.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL020-158

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