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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Derry More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On top of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a stone-faced earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m) NW-E and by a scarp E-W. The bank is heavily eroded W-NW. A boggy area indicates the line of the external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.4m) NW-SE. The interior slopes gently down to S. The rath is overgrown with gorse, briars and nettles. Field boundaries (on E-W and N-S axes) lie immediately to N and E. 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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