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Indicated

Fairy fort / ringfort
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Indicated is a fairy fort or ringfort in Cabragh (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The slightly raised circular area sits in pasture on a low rise, with an earthen bank forming its northwestern edge and a slight scarp marking the rest. A rectangular section has been quarried from the southwest quadrant, while two field fences cut across or abut the interior.
In pasture, located on low rise. Slightly raised circular area (26.4m N–S; 23m E–W) defined NW–N by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m) and elsewhere by a slight scarp. A rectangular area (5m E–W; 7m N–S) has been quarried out of the SW quadrant. A field fence, on a NNE–SSW axis, bisects the interior, slightly E of centre, and another field fence, on a roughly E–W axis, abuts the rath at S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 15 March 2013

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