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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kiltycahill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kiltycahill is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kiltycahill, County Sligo, Ireland. The oval site spans thirty metres east-west and twenty-four metres north-south within level elevated pasture. A four-metre-wide earth and stone bank rises one metre internally, while a shallow fosse runs along its external base. A modern field boundary bank now covers the north-south section, and the original entrance is no longer recognisable.
Situated in level elevated pasture. Oval slightly raised area (dims. 30m E-W; 24m N-S) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m; int. H 1m). At the external base of the bank is a fosse (Wth 3.9m; D 0.2m). A modern N-S orientated earth and stone field boundary bank has been built on top of the bank N-S. The fosse encloses the site S-N and is absent elsewhere. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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