What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardloy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardloy, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a ridge as a raised oval area measuring 23 metres north-south and 27 metres east-west. An earthen bank two metres wide encloses the space with numerous gaps and upright stones along the inner face. A possible one-metre entrance appears at the northeast where the eastern bank extends outward toward the north.

In pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised oval area (23m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.3m) with numerous gaps and some upright stones along the inner face. There is a possible entrance (Wth 1m) at NE where the enclosing earthen bank along the E arc extends outwards towards the N. The line of an external fosse is indicated as a band (Wth 2m) of irises. Field boundaries (on a NW-SE axis) are adjacent to the NE and SW arcs. There is another rath (SL034-108001-) c. 10m to the NW with a passage tomb (SL034-109----) in between. 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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