Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Tawnytallan, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

At the SE end of a small ridge. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. 28.8m NE-SW) defined by a stone-covered scarp (H 1.65m at NW to 3m at NE) with foundations of the wall visible W-NW. The original entrance is not identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE001-030

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