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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Indicated
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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cashelboy, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a southwest-facing slope above a small northwest-southeast river valley. A substantial earth-and-stone bank encloses the circular area, with a southeast break marking the original entrance. Two adjacent hollows inside the northeast quadrant may indicate a collapsed underground passage.
Situated on a SW-facing slope of a small NW-SE river valley. Raised circular area (24.5m E-W; 22.5m N-S) enclosed by a substantial bank (Wth 4.4m at E, 7.5matW; int. H 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 1.6m at E, 2m atW) of earth and stone, which appears to have been faced with stone both internally and externally. A break (Wth. 2.8m) in the bank at SE marks the original entrance. Within the NE quadrant of the interior, two adjacent hollows which may indicate a collapsed Man-made underground passage (SL018-028002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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