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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Spotfield

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on top of a ridge with excellent views of the surrounding undulating terrain. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 20m) abutting the N side of the rath (SL026-142001-). Little remains of this enclosure apart from a flat roughly rectangular area (18m N-S; 15m E-W) bordered by a field boundary on the S side and enclosed on W, N and E sides by a deep trench (Wth 10m; D 1.4m). 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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