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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Teesan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Teesan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Teesan, County Sligo, Ireland. A broad earth and stone bank encloses a raised circular area about twenty metres across, though modern houses and property lines now touch its outer edge. The original entrance has become unrecognisable beneath dense growth and later development.
Situated on a slight rise, on level ground, in densely overgrown area to rear of modern houses. Raised roughly circular area (diam. c.20m) enclosed by a broad bank of earth and stone (Wth c.4m; int. H c.0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The bank appears to enclose the site on all sides and has a uniform profile where partially accessible NW-N. The bank has been incorporated into modern property boundaries NNE-E and modern houses have been constructed 15m to the NW and SE of the site. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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