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Indicated (1838).

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Indicated (1838).
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Indicated (1838). is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Annagh More (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on an east-west ridge and consists of a circular raised area thirty-one metres across with a one-metre height. A three-metre wide fosse encloses the structure and appears most clearly along the western arc. The 1838 Ordnance Survey map shows an elongated area about eighty metres east-west planted with trees.
In pasture, on top of an E-W ridge. A circular raised area (int. diam. 31m; H 1m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.2m) which is best evident along the W arc. It is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an elongated area (c. 80m E-W) which is planted with trees. 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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