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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Tiratick

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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In undulating pasture, on the top of a low rocky elevation and c. 15m N of a stream. A slightly raised oval area (24.3m E-W; 17.7m N-S) defined NE-W by a sod-covered stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.45m), slightly expanded (Wth 2.8m) SW-W where incorporated into a now ruined field boundary wall. Elsewhere it is enclosed by a flattened curved wall, engulfed in brambles. The external height of the stone bank is enhanced at W where it merges with a rock outcrop (H 2m). The interior is level and grassy. A small semicircular area (diam 2m) is cut out of the external face of the stone bank at NNE adjacent to the wall. The lintel of a possible souterrain (SL021-078002-) is evident at the base of the slope to SE. Another cashel (SL021-073----) is visible on top of a knoll c. 450m to WSW. 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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