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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilmacteige

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on a SE-facing slope just below the crest of a low rise. A roughly circular area (29m N-S; 26m E-W) terraced into the slope with the NW portion up to 0.75m below and the S and SE portions up to 1.1m above the external ground level. The interior is enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.1m) S-E and by a scarp (H 1.05m) elsewhere. The bank is overgrown with hazel bushes. The interior is level and grass-covered. 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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