What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardmoyle is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardmoyle, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low narrow ridge in pasture and forms a slightly raised oval area measuring 22.8 metres north-south and 27.7 metres east-west. An earthen bank and scarp define parts of the perimeter, while cattle have poached the poorly drained interior and eroded the hawthorn, ash and bramble ring.

In pasture, on top of a low narrow ridge. A slightly raised oval area (22.8m N-S; 27.7m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m) SSW-SSE and by a scarp (H 0.85m), modified to conform to an adjacent E-W field boundary, SSE-SSW. The bank is evident SW-N as an eroded earthen rise with numerous small breaks and is incorporated into a field boundary, topped with a post and wire fence, NNE-SSE. There is a gap (Wth 1.5m) at SE. A shallow depression (Wth 2.4m) outside the scarp SSE-SSW, continues to the W beyond the rath. The interior is poorly drained and is poached by cattle. The perimeter is ringed with hawthorn, ash and brambles and is eroded by cattle. 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

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardmoyle is a likely early-medieval ringfort, characterized by an earthen bank and scarp, typical of agricultural or defensive settlements of the period. Local folklore, common to many such sites in Ireland, associates it with fairies or other supernatural beings.

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