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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Union

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Union is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Union, County Sligo, Ireland. The subcircular area spans 17 metres east to west and sits on a forested prominence above a road. Large stones, 0.8 metres wide and about 0.2 metres high, form an unbroken edge around the tree-planted centre. This stone line may be the remaining external facing of a cashel wall.
In a forest, on a prominence just above a forestry road. A subcircular area (17m E-W), planted with trees, enclosed by large stones laid edge to edge (Wth 0.8m; H c. 0.2m), possibly the remains of the external facing of a cashel wall. 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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