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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickrathmullin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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At the N end of a ridge adjacent to a recently built house. A circular area (int. diam. 28.7m N-S; 27m E-W) defined along the S arc by an earthen bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.9m) and an external fosse (D 0.2m) and elsewhere by a scarp. There is a narrow berm between the bank and the fosse. There is a possible entrance (Wth 4.4m) at S. The N portion of the level interior is raised (max. H 2m) to compensate for the hillslope. 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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