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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowmably

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowmably is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowmably, County Sligo, Ireland. It sits atop an east-west ridge in pasture overlooking Sligo Bay. A circular area thirty-four metres wide is enclosed by an earth and stone bank three metres wide and seventy centimetres high. The bank has breaks at the north, northeast, southeast and southwest, but the original entrance is no longer recognisable.
Situated atop an E-W ridge in pasture overlooking Sligo Bay c.100m NE. Raised circular area (diam. 34m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth. 3m; H 0.7m) which has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary from E-S-SW. No fosse. Breaks in bank at N, NE, SE and SW but original entrance not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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