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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mountirvine

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In rolling pasture, on top of a drumlin, with a sharp fall of ground immediately to S. A circular area (diam. 38m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank E-NW, best preserved to SW and W; the bank has been levelled NW-E. The interior slopes gently down to E and a NW-SE field boundary crosses it. A mound barrow (SL039-113----) lies c. 12m to W and a rath (SL044-002----) c. 110m to SW. 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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