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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bunnacranagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on the E-facing slope of a rise. The rath is indicated as a hachured oval area on the 1911 OS 6-inch map, with a smaller rath (SL042-020----) adjoining it to S. The circumference is planted with trees on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. An oval area (dims. 36m N-S; 30m E-W) terraced into the hillslope, with the W half of interior 0.1-0.3m below external ground level. A fosse (Wth 3m; max. D 0.3m) is evident along the W and SW arcs. A field boundary skirts the N edge of the rath. 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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