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Indicated (1838).

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated (1838). is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Annaghmore (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The site sits in pasture at the base of a slope two hundred metres east of the Owenmore River. It appears on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map as an embanked circular area thirty metres across, though it is now levelled and visible only as a slight oval rise half a metre high.
In pasture, at the base of a slope c. 200m E of the Owenmore River. This possible rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m). It is levelled and only evident at ground level as slight oval rise (H 0.5m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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