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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moytirra West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In undulating rocky pasture. A slightly raised roughly circular area (34m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.8m) SSE-N and by a slight scarp N-E.The bank has been replaced by a drystone wall E-SSE. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. A relict field boundary (L 20m; Wth top 0.8m; Wth base 2m; H 0.4m) abuts the external face of the bank at S and a drystone field wall abuts the bank at 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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