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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullylin OR Ballyfeenaun is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low rise in undulating pasture, where a wide bank encloses a circular area measuring 24 metres northeast-southwest and 21 metres northwest-southeast. The bank is 7.5 metres wide, stands 0.45 metres high internally, and reaches 1.6 metres externally at the south end but 2.4 metres at the north end. A possible hut site lies centrally within the enclosed area, while local tradition identifies a raised area in the southwest quadrant as the location of a man-made underground passage.
Situated on a low rise in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (24m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) enclosed by a wide bank (Wth 7.5m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.6m at S, 2.4m at N). Original entrance not recognisable. Centrally located within the internal area is a possible hut site (SL017-043002-). Within the SW quadrant is a raised area which according to local tradition marks the site of a Man-made underground passage (SL017-043003-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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