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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ramooney

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Moss has swallowed the entrance and the river flows a hundred metres north, but the twin clay rings still hold their shape on the drumlin. People built that much deliberate earth for a reason, yet they left no name behind for us to repeat.
Situated on a low drumlin with the E-W Owenmore River c. 120m to the N. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 24m E-W; 22.9m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1m) which is separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.55m) from an outer bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.45m). Field banks were superimposed on the E part of the monument, and the enclosing elements are reduced to a scarp NE-E. The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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