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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carricknagat (tirerrill By.)

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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On the top of a SE-facing slope of a ridge. An circular area (diam. c. 20m), covered with overgrowth, enclosed by a stone wall (T 2.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m). The wall survives best along the N arc and consists of internal and external facing of large limestone blocks with a rubble core. The entrance (Wth c. 1.8m) is at E and is covered with overgrowth. The interior is uneven with numerous stones protruding from the sod; the shallow depression of a possible souterrain (SL021-064002-) is evident at S. There is a terrace (c. 25m E-W; c. 12m N-S) immediately down slope to E, defined by a curved scarp (H 1.4m) along the N arc (which is revetted with a single large slab at the E end), and by a linear NE-SW field boundary to SE. There is a rectangular arrangement of upright and prostrate stone slabs (c. 8m E-W; 3m N-S) at the N end of the terrace. An enclosure (SL021-065----) lies c. 50m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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