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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonmulligan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on the SE-facing slope of a low drumlin. This is a grass-covered oval area (int. dims 32m NE-SW; 18m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; H 0.6m) W-N-SE and a scarp (H 0.6m) elsewhere, with traces of a fosse visible as a shallow depression (Wth 1.5m; D 0.1m) N-NE. Attached to the S is a rectangular annexe visible as a grass-covered area (dims 26m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 1.4m; H 0.35m) at S and a fosse (Wth of top 3.2m; int. D 0.35m; ext. D 0.1m) at W. The E edge is provided by a N-S field bank. 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 revised upload: 11 May 2015

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