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Indicated (1838).

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated (1838). is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooningan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies good pasture on a gentle north-facing slope. The site forms a raised circular area about twenty-four metres across, with a scarp reaching roughly eighty centimetres in height.
In good pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope. A raised circular area (diam. c. 24m) defined by a scarp (H c. 0.8m). 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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