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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skreeny (drumahaire By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a rise in an undulating, low-lying landscape at the W end of the E-W Glenfarne valley, with a small NNE-SSW stream c. 50-85m distant SW-NW. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 29m) defined by an overgrown, steep-sided and round-topped earthen bank (Wth 2.15m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.75m) with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.6m; D 0.15). The original entrance is not identified and It is now used as a paddock. 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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