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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathgran

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on a W-facing slope and in the SW corner of a field. An oval platform (30.5m x 25.5m) defined on top by the remains of an earthen bank and at the base by traces of a fosse. The bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m) is best evident along the N arc. A possible entrance (Wth 4m) is at NE with a corresponding ramp from the exterior. The fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.3m) is best evident along the NW and E arcs. There are trees in the interior and field boundaries immediately to W and S. 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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