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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyara (knox)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on level ground on to top of broad low hill and within the W half of an enclosure (SL037-04602-). A slightly raised circular area (diam. 32m) defined by a scarp (H c. 0.5m) with a slight internal lip. A field boundary (NW-SE) truncates the NE edge. There are traces of cultivation ridges in the level interior. A shallow crescent-shaped depression (c. 16m NNW-SSE; 5.5m ENE-WSW; D c. 0.3m), possibly the result of quarrying, abuts the rath at 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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