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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cashelaveela

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a rise on a S-facing slope that is on the lower slopes of Dough Mountain and on the N side of Glenfarne valley. This is a grass and reed-covered circular area (int. diam 39.5m E-W; 37m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.7m) with bushes. There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. It is overlain by a N-S field bank towards the perimeter at W. Rath (LE008-018----) is c. 200m to the NW. 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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