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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Derry

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Derry is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Derry, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight southeast-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. A thirty-five-metre circular area rises inside a four-and-a-half-metre-wide rubble limestone bank. Remains of a possible underground passage lie north of the interior centre.
Situated on a slight SE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 35m) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.4m). No fosse visible. Original entrance not recognisable. The remains of a possible Man-made underground passage (SL005-043002-) are located to the N of the centre of the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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