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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carraun (leyny By., Banada Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a gentle E-facing slope. A circular area (diam. 33m) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 2.1m) with numerous gaps. An external flat-bottomed boggy fosse (Wth 6.7m; D 1.25m) is evident SW-NW; a band of rushes NW-N may indicate the line of the silted-up fosse. The E portion of the interior is raised and the W portion is cut into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. The rath is overgrown with bushes. A souterrain (SL037-105----) lies c. 30m to SSW. 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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