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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Leckanarainey

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Located on top of a gentle rise on the floor of the NW-SE Glenade valley with the NW-SE Bonet River c. 90m to the SW. It is not marked on any map but is visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (OSAP: 5/6932-1). This is a grass-covered D-shaped platform (dims 22m NNE-SSW; c. 16m WNW-ESE) defined by a slight scarp, but it is truncated by a relict NNE-SSW field bank at NW. The original entrance is not identified 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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