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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockaculleen is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low hill in pasture and preserves a roughly circular raised area measuring thirty-two metres north-south and twenty-nine metres east-west. A very low bank of earth and stone, four point four metres wide and zero point three metre high, encloses the space beside a shallow external fosse four metres wide. The original entrance no longer remains visible.
Situated atop a low hill in pasture. Raised roughly circular area (dims. 32m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by a very low bank of earth and stone (Wth. 4.4m; H 0.3m) with a very shallow external fosse (Wth. 4m). Original entrance not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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