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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boyannagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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At the summit of an E-W ridge. This is a grass and reed-covered circular area (int. diam. 34m N-S; 32.5m E-W) defined by a round-topped, steep-sided, overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.95m; int. H 0.3m at W to 0.45m at N; ext. H 0.3m at W to 1m at N) with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 0.15m). The original entrance is not identified, but the monument is truncated by a field bank at S. It remains unplanted in a coniferous forest (Bing c. 2013). 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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