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Indicated (1838).

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Indicated (1838).
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The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocknageeha (corran By.) is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rolling pasture on the northwest-facing slope of a drumlin. An earth and stone bank, two point eight metres wide, survives along the south and west arcs. The interior remains level within the roughly circular boundary.
In rolling pasture, on the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. Indicated as a roughly circular embanked area (diam. c. 25m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. Remains consist of an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.85m) along the S and W arcs. The interior is level. 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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