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Indicated

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cashelgarran, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight rise in gently undulating pasture immediately northeast of a modern house and yard. A rebuilt limestone rubble wall encloses the twenty-metre circular area from northeast to west, while a low earth and rubble bank defines the western and northern edges where the wall is absent. No entrance or fosse remains visible at ground level.
Situated on a very slight rise in gently undulating pasture, immediately to NE of modern house and yard. Raised circular area (diam. 20m) enclosed by a drystone wall (T 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) of limestone rubble. There is no fosse visible at ground level. The wall has been entirely rebuilt in modern times and encloses the site from NE-W. From W-N the wall is absent and the site is defined by a slight irregular bank (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 1.6m) of earth and rubble limestone. From N-NE the wall is absent and the site is defined by an irregular scarp (ext. H 1.3m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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