What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardsoreen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardsoreen, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies level waterlogged pasture near a ridge base and preserves a raised circular area thirty-point-five metres across. Two earthen banks enclose the space with a waterlogged fosse between them, while a causeway crosses the fosse at the south-east entrance. Bushes overwrite the inner bank and gaps break its line, but the outer bank remains evident along the eastern arc.

In level waterlogged pasture, close to the base of a ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 30.5m) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.5m) is overgrown with bushes and has numerous gaps. The intervening fosse (Wth 5.6m) is waterlogged. The outer bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1m) is evident along the E arc. There is an entrance (Wth 5.5m) at SE with a causeway across the fosse. The interior is waterlogged. 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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