Rahan Fort, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Sligo

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What is recorded here

On a natural steep-sided hillock, with a gradual slope on the E side and a stream c. 12m to S. A raised roughly oval area (14m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.6m) along the S, W and N arcs and by a lower scarp along the E arc. The scarp on the W side descends to a small semicircular platform (Wth 6m) which is in turn defined by a scarp (H 0.8m). There is a possible entrance on E side where the hillslope is gradual and the scarp is poorly defined. The interior slopes down to E. There is a holy well (SL034-045----) c. 60m to SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL034-044

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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