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Cashel — Carricknahorna West

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Cashel — Carricknahorna West
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In rough upland grazing, on a gently sloping terrace at the base of an E-facing slope in the Bricklieve Mountains. The SE side of the terrace is defined by a small rocky ravine linking two upland valleys. An oval area (31.4m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by a substantial sod-covered stony bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.25m). The interior is grass-covered and slopes gently down to E. Abutting the wall at NW, a level semicircular area (4m NW-SE; 3m NE-SW), open to SW, is defined N-SE by a low stony scarp (H 0.45m). A gapped line of sod-covered stones, probably a ruined wall, extends from the cashel wall at ESE for c. 9.6m to NW towards the centre of the interior. Towards its NW end is a perpendicular wall extending to S. A cairn (SL040-105---) lies c. 50m to ENE. 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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