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

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Located at the SE end of a broad NW-SE ridge or drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (int. dims 22m NW-SE; 19m NE-SW; 28m NW-SE; 23.4m NE-SW crest to crest) defined by a grass and scrub -covered earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.3m at NE to 0.8m at SE; ext. H 0.7m at NE to 1.4m at NW), with an outer fosse (Wth at base 2m; D 0.3m) SW-N-NE which is visible elsewhere as a band of rushes (Wth 2m). The entrance (Wth 3m) is at NW and the monument is overlain by a NE-SW field bank and drain towards the perimeter at S. The above description is taken 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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