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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tully (corran By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tully (corran By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tully (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a drumlin and forms a roughly circular space 29 by 32 metres across. An inner earth and stone bank, 3.5 metres wide and 1.95 metres high outside, stands beside a 4 metre ditch and a thinner outer bank visible mainly from south to north. A possible 2.5 metre entrance faces southeast, while a possible underground passage lies in the northern half of the interior.
In pasture, on top of a drumlin. A roughly circular area (int. diam. 29m x 32m) defined by two banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.95m) is of earth and stone. A fosse (Wth 4m) and outer bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.2m) are evident only S-N. A possible entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at SE. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL040-139002-) in the N half of the interior. 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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