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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Meenaphuill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Towards the bottom of a N-facing slope in Glencar valley. Grass and fern-covered circular area (int. diam. 45m N-S; 43.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.4-0.9m; ext. H 1-1.5m) and hedge SE-SW, which is reduced to a scarp and hedge (H 1.5m at W to 4m at N, downslope) elsewhere. There is an external fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 0.4m) E-S-W with a causeway (Wth 7m) across it at SSE. The perimeter is slightly curtailed by a field bank at NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE006-004

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  • Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willie Duffin, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Sheila1988, Wikimedia Commons
  • St Mary’s GAA Sligo official club gallery; individual photographer not named, stmarys.sligo.gaa.ie
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