What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Abbeytown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Abbeytown, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies level pasture as a circular area thirty-five metres across, enclosed by a thirty-five-centimetre earthen bank and an external fosse. A narrow in-turned entrance marks the north-east edge, while a north-west to south-east road crosses the south-west quadrant and a possible hut site remains in the north-west quadrant.

In level pasture. A circular area (int. diam. 35m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 2m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.4m). An in-turned entrance (Wth 3m, narrowing to 1.9m towards interior; L 4m) is at NE. A NW-SE road crosses the SW quadrant of the interior. There is a possible hut site (SL020-157002-) in the NW quadrant. 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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