What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardlee is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardlee, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the southeast end of a ridge top and forms a circular area seventeen metres across. Remnants of an earthen bank and stone kerbing define the eastern arc, while a lower scarp marks the rest of the boundary. The interior slopes gently downward toward the south.

At the SE end of a ridge top. A circular area (diam. 17m) defined by the remnants of an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 0.7m) along the E arc with the remains of stone kerbing and by a scarp (H 0.3m) elsewhere. The interior slopes gently down to S. 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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