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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownacleigha

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In undulating pasture, on a rise. A raised circular area (diam. 24.8m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.6m). There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at SE. A slight depression (Wth 3m) outside the bank SW-NW may indicate a silted-up fosse. A section of bank and the interior at N has been quarried into. The interior is slightly uneven with a low rise in the centre. There are hawthorn bushes along the bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL025-047

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Choose Sligo; photographer not stated, Choose Sligo
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Zxcode / Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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