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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Drumaskibbole

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Drumaskibbole is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Drumaskibbole, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands on an elongated steep-sided ridge in pasture and contains a circular area twenty metres across. A foundation course of large boulders, twenty-eight centimetres wide and forty centimetres high, marks the original wall, while a modern field wall follows its line. The entrance faces southwest, and field boundaries extend from the site toward the north and southeast.
Located on the top of an elongated steep-sided ridge in pasture. Comprises a circular area (int. diam. 20m) enclosed by a wall which survives as a foundation coarse of large boulders (Wth 2.80m, H 0.40m) with a more modern field wall built along it. The entrance is in the SW. Field boundaries run off the site on the N and SE. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 4 November 2013

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