What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardrea is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardrea, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a drumlin and preserves a thirty-metre circular area bounded by an earthen bank and external fosse. A southeast entrance crosses the fosse through a causeway, while the northern arc shows a widened ditch. Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman, Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy documented these features in the County Sligo Archaeological Inventory.

In pasture, on top of a drumlin. A circular area (int. diam. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m). An external fosse (Wth 3m; D 1m), which is evident all round, has been widened along the N arc. There is an entrance (Wth 1.4m) at SE with a causeway (Wth 3m) across the fosse. 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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