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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockaun

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In forestry, on top of a ridge. Indicated only on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an arc of hachures N-ESE. The remains consist of an arc (C 18m) of earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) NNW-SE with faint traces of an external fosse emphasised by a field boundary curving around the NE arc. The area to SW of the bank is covered with mature trees and crossed by cultivation ridges. 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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