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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Toorlestraun

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on a S-facing slope. A raised oval area (diam. 25.2m N-S; present E-W 27.8m) defined by a scarp (H 1.25m) NW-NE and E-SSW and by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.8m) NE-E and SSW-SW. A N-S field boundary and drain truncate the W edge of the rath. The interior slopes down to E and the remains of cultivation ridges are evident. The rath is being eroded by cattle. 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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