Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Doonmadden, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

Situated on a naturally-occurring rise in an area of undulating pasture, with a gentle fall of ground towards a stream c. 40m to E. Raised circular area (24.2m NW-SE; 22.3m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m, at NW) of earth and stone which is upstanding only at W and NW. Elsewhere the bank has been reduced to a scarp (ext. H 1.7m at SE). At the outer foot of the bank at W are traces of a possible fosse (Wth. c. 3.5m). Original entrance not reocgnisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL012-063

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