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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cooperhill OR Gobbadagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In low-lying wet ground, surrounded by reeds. A circular area (int. diam. 31m) enclosed by two earthen banks and intervening and external fosses. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.1m) drops 1.6m to the base of the intervening fosse (Wth 5.5m). The outer bank (Wth 3.5m) drops 1m to the base of the external fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.3m). A possible entrance (Wth c. 1.6m) is at SW. A trench (Wth 2m) extends NE-SW across the interior. 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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