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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Quarryfield

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. A roughly oval area (34m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1m) E-S and by a scarp (H 0.9m) elsewhere. A dry external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.2m) is evident SSE-S. The N portion of the interior is raised c. 0.9m to compensate for the hillslope. A field boundary is built on top of the scarp SSW-WNW. Another rath (SL038-088----) lies c. 50m to S. 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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