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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Barnabrack

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Barnabrack is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Barnabrack, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a narrow ridge with a steep east-southeast slope and contains a raised circular area about twenty metres across. An earth and stone bank four and a half to five metres wide and seventy centimetres high defines the west and north sides, while a scarp merges into the natural ridge slope elsewhere. No ditch or original entrance remains visible.
Situated atop a narrow NNE-SSW ridge with a pronounced ESE slope. Raised circular area (diam. c.20m) defined from SW-W-N by a bank of earth and stone (Wth. 4.5m - 5m; int. H 0.7m) which has a modern field boundary at its foot from WNW-N-NNE. Elsewhere the defining element is a a scarp which merges with the steep natural slope of the ridge. No fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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