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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kinkillew

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on top of a narrow ridge. A slightly raised circular area (18m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.3m) is generally low and eroded by animals and reduced to a slight internal lip along the NW arc. A possible entrance (Wth 2m) is at E and gaps (Wth 3m) occur at NW and SE. The line of the fosse is evident only as a band of dense vegetation (Wth 2m) SW-W. Rushes grow in the interior. A N-S field boundary immediately to E is contiguous with the bank at E. Another rath (SL027-066----) lies c. 90m to SE. 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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