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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lislea (corran By.) is in County Sligo, Ireland. It is a raised circular area on a bog-island in pasture, with the Killawee River about 200m to the northwest. A flat-topped earthen bank and a scarp define the perimeter, although numerous gaps occur in the bank.
In pasture, on the top of a bog-island, with the Killawee River c. 200m to NW. A raised circular area (26m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) N-WNW and by a scarp elsewhere. Numerous gaps occur in the bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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