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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortygara

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In waterlogged pasture, on top of a drumlin ridge. A roughly circular area (int. diam. 24.7m N-S; 26.8m E-W) defined by a scarp (max. H 0.6m) with a silted-up external fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.1m) evident along the N arc. The interior is uneven and waterlogged and slopes down to N. The W edge of the rath is truncated by a NNW-SSE field boundary. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 32m) not truncated by any field boundary. 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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