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Cliff-edge fort in Knockbreenagher

Cliff-edge fort
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Cliff-edge fort in Knockbreenagher
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On the N side of a deep stream gully, in an area of damp pasture overlooked to SW by a high ridge. In poor condition, obscured by overgrowth and difficult to inspect. A subcircular area (32m NW-SE; c. 28m NE-SW) defined W-SE by a scarp (H 1.15m) with a slight internal rim, modified as a field boundary, and SSE-W by the steep-sided stream gully. Outside the scarp N-SE is a field drain (Wth 1.5m; D 0.45m) that continues beyond the fort at NNW. The interior is used as a dump for old cars and farm machinery. A deeply rutted farm track (Wth 2.5m) on a NNW-SSE axis crosses the interior, slightly NE of centre and there are corresponding breaks (Wth 3-4m) in the scarp at NNW and SE where the track enters and exits. 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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