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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowcushcly

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowcushcly is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowcushcly, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies low-lying pasture at the base of a slope beside a stream. A circular area nineteen meters across sits within an earthen bank and external fosse. A southeast entrance uses a causeway to cross the ditch.
In low-lying pasture, at the base of a slope and adjacent to a stream. A circular area (int. diam. 19m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m) and an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 1m). There is an entrance (Wth 1.8m) at SE with a causeway (Wth 4m) across the fosse. 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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