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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aughris (corran By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On the end of a low hillock, at a broad meandering bend of the Owenmore River. A raised circular area (int. diam. 21.8m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) along the S and SE arcs and by an eroded scarp (H 1.5m) elsewhere. There is a possible entrance (Wth 1.8m) at S. The N portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. However, the interior retains a steep slope down to N. 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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