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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Trotts is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the northeast end of a ridge in pasture, where a stone-faced earth bank encloses a raised circular area. A four-metre break in the eastern bank marks the original entrance, with stone facing its northern edge.
Situated at the NE end of a NE-SW ridge in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (29.4m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by a bank (Wth 2.5-3.1m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 1.25-1.4m) of earth and stone with a stone facing. A break (Wth 4m) in the bank at E, whose N terminal is faced with stone, represents the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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