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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Emlaghnaghtan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on a rise. A raised circular area (18m N-S; 17.5 E-W) defined by an eroded earthen bank with an external fosse. The bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9m) is evident all round with small cattle gaps at NW, SSE, SSW and SW. The fosse is evident E-SSW; elsewhere the line of the fosse is marked by a band of dark-coloured grass. The interior is gently undulating and clear of overgrowth. Some hawthorn bushes grow on the bank NE-SW. 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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