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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Sroove

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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In upland stony pasture, on a S-facing slope of the Curlew Mountains. A roughly circular area (15.8m N-S; 15m E-W) enclosed by a low ruinous stone wall (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.2m) from which much of the stone has been robbed. The interior slopes down to S. The cashel is overgrown with ferns and heather. A stone field boundary has been built along the E perimeter. 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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