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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ross (drumahaire By., Mahanagh Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a small drumlin in the valley of the N-S Owennayle River with a NE-SW section of the stream c. 110m to the SE. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (dims 33m N-S; 28.5m E-W; int. dims 31.2m N-S; 27.5m E-W) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m) with some bushed and an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 3-5m; D 0.3-0.5m). The bank is lowest E-SSE where the entrance may have been, and the monument is bisected by an E-W field wall. 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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