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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockadoo (leyny By.) is in County Sligo, Ireland. It is a large rath with a smaller oval enclosure in its N half. The circular area is enclosed by an earthen bank that is incorporated into a field boundary. A rough farm track curves across the interior between gaps in the bank.
In pasture, on the S-facing slope of a ridge. A large rath with a smaller oval enclosure (SL025-033001-) in its N half. The rath consists of a circular area (50.8m N-S; 49m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.1m) that is incorporated into a field boundary SSE-SSW. There are gaps in the bank at SW (Wth c. 4m) and at NNE (Wth 3.8m); a rough farm track curves across the interior between these gaps. The interior slopes down to S. An area in the centre of the interior has been quarried, in places up to 1m in depth. There is a stone-built shed in the NE quadrant. A dense patch of irises grows on a fairly level part of the interior just inside the bank at S. A rectangular garden surrounding a disused cottage is built onto the N side of both enclosures. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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