Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Toberscardan, County Sligo

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In pasture, in the N corner of a field, on the lower N-facing slopes of Muckelty Hill. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 25m). The remains consist of a D-shaped area (dims. 30.7m N-S), with a straight S side (L 24.5m E-W), defined by an inner earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.9m) with a dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4m). An outer earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.4m) is evident along the NE and SE arcs, truncated by a field boundary at E. The interior is terraced into the hillslope with the S half up to 0.3m below and N half up to 0.65m above the external ground level. Its surface slopes down gently to N. Hazel trees grow around the edge of the rath.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL032-178

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