Indicted, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In undulating pasture, on a low rise in the N corner of a field. A slightly raised circular area (27.7m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.5m) which is generally low and degraded internally. A possible entrance (Wth 3.4m) is at SE. The interior slopes slightly down towards SE; off-centre to E is a slightly raised area (L 3m; Wth 1.4m; H 0.1m) with some stones protruding through the sod. There is a small area of quarrying close to the rath at W. Field boundaries skirt the bank along the NW and NE arcs.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL025-050

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