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Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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The fairy fort or stone ringfort in Moygara is in County Sligo, Ireland. It is a ringfort or cashel on a small hillock in rocky pasture. The circular area measures 27.3 metres east-west and 23 metres north-south inside a drystone wall 2.2 metres thick. A 1.1 metre entrance opens at the north, the interior slopes downward to the south, and an irregular raised area appears in the southwest quadrant.
In undulating rocky pasture, on a small hillock. A raised circular area (int. diam. 27.3m E-W; 23m N-S) enclosed by a drystone wall (T 2.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2m) with external facing and a rubble core. The entrance (Wth 1.1m) is at N. The interior slopes down to S; an irregular raised area was noted in the SW quadrant. 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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