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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Kilmacteige

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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On a S-facing slope of the Ox Mountains. An oval area (diam. 30m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) terraced into the slope with the N half 2.2m below and the S half up to 2m above the external ground level. Foundations of a drystone wall (Wth 0.6m), topped by a field boundary wall, are evident at the edge of the interior along the S and SE arcs. The cashel is densely overgrown with hawthorn and blackthorn bushes and brambles. Another cashel (SL036-014001-) lies c. 80m to W. 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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