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Fairy fort / ringfort in Finnure

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort / ringfort in Finnure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Finnure, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a gentle north west facing pasture slope where a raised circular area measures twenty nine metres east west and twenty eight metres north south. A narrow earth and stone bank surrounds the centre, although a break at the east may mark the original entrance and quarry holes appear inside the south east boundary.
Situated on a gentle NW - facing slope in pasture. Raised circular area (dims. 29m E-W; 28m N-S) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.8m). From NNE-NE the bank has been removed and the defining element is a scarp (H 0.2m). The outline of an infilled fosse is identifiable (Wth 4m) at the external foot of the bank and scarp. A break in the bank at E (Wth 2m) may mark the original entrance. There are quarry holes inside the bank at SE and SSE one of which (SL013-019002-) had erroneously been classified as a listed as a 'Building' in the RMP (1995). Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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