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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tawnyhoosy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a small N-S ridge on the floor of the Bonet River valley with the headwaters of a small NE-SW stream c. 20m to the W. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 18.4m NW-SE; 17m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H up to 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m at SW to 1.3m at NE) with an external fosse (Wth 1.5-4m) visible as a band of rush growth (Wth 1.5-4m). There is an entrance ramp (Wth 2.4m) at NE. Rath (LE011-089----) is c. 70m to the WNW. 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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