Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Sheemore, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Situated on the SW-facing slope of Sheemore Hill. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 35.5m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread with intermittently visible facing-stones SE-W-NE, which is best preserved at SW (Wth including collapse 3.8m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.85m). There is an outer fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.35m) and an outer bank (Wth 2.8m; H 0.1m) NW-NE. The enclosing feature is destroyed NE-SE and the monument is overlain by a small rectangular stone-walled field.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE027-053001

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