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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortgarrigan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 356-7), it is situated towards the top of the S-facing slope of a steep-sided drumlin on the floor of the Bonet River valley. This is a grass and reed-covered circular area (diam. 18m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; H 0.45m) N-E and S-W. There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. The monument is truncated by NE-SW field banks W-N and E-S. Rath (LE011-080----) is c. 120m to the WSW and rath (LE011-082----) is c. 60m to the NE. 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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