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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shannon Eighter

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shannon Eighter is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Shannon Eighter, County Sligo, Ireland. It stood on a gentle rise in pasture beside a stream and appeared as a circular enclosure on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map before disappearing from the 1940 version. No remains are visible at ground level today.
On a gentle rise in pasture, adjacent to a stream. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map but not marked on the 1940 edition. There are no remains visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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