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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killarcan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In a low-lying position in an undulating landscape and c. 20m N of the Ballinamore and Ballyconnell canal. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 37.5m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 4.1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.35m) separated by an overgrown flat-bottomed fosse (at NW: Wth of base 3.1m) from an outer bank (at NW: Wth 5-6m; int. and ext. H 0.15m). These features survive SW-NW only, the inner feature being reduced to an overgrown scarp to E of a N-S borderless laneway. 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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