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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Greagh (leitrim By., Carrick-On-Shannon Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated in a low-lying position between drumlins, with a small canalised SSE-NNW stream c. 60m to the E. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by an intermittently visible earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.35m) and an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 2.2m; D 0.3m). There is an entrance (Wth of base 1.6m), which is possibly original although there is no causeway, at NE. The rath remains unplanted but overgrown within a forest since 1995 at least (OSAP). The rath (LE031-049----) is c. 80m to the E, on the other side of the stream. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 15 October 2018

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