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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Eskragh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on a low rise. A raised oval area (diam. 26.7m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by remains of a earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.4m) W-WNW and N-NNE and by a scarp (H 0.6m) elsewhere. An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.7m; D 0.45m) is evident W-NW and NE-E. There is a possible souterrain (SL037-076002-) in the W half of the interior. Some hazel and hawthorn trees grow on the rath. There is a quarry hole to NE and an E-W field boundary to N. 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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