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What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Flowerhill is in County Sligo, Ireland. The circular site sits on a west-facing drumlin slope and contains a flat-topped earthen bank that rises nearly two metres above the interior. A shallow external ditch and a low outer bank remain visible along the southwest and west edges, while the interior west half stands one metre higher than the east half to compensate for the hillslope.

In pasture, on the W-facing slope of a drumlin. A circular area (23.5m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 5.4m; int. H 1.9m) SW-SE, the bank is truncated SE-SW by an E-W field boundary. An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.3m) is evident SW-SE. Remains of a low counterscarp earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.2m) are evident along the outer edge of the fosse SW-W and WNW. The E portion of the interior is cut into the hillslope and the W portion is raised 0.7m above external ground level to compensate for the hillslope. The interior is split level with the W half c. 1m higher than the E half. 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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