What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballysumaghan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballysumaghan, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands on a west-facing slope below a ridge summit inside a forest plantation. A twenty-five-metre circular area holds an earthen bank three metres wide and one to one-point-four metres high beside a four-metre external fosse. Dense overgrowth blocks the interior while deciduous and coniferous trees surround the site.

In forest plantation, on a W-facing slope just below the summit of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.4m) and an external fosse (Wth c. 4m). The interior is impenetrable due to dense overgrowth. Deciduous trees have recently been planted around the rath and conifers have been planted elsewhere in the field. The rath is possibly one of the two forts, named 'Mullaghmore Fort' and 'Lisnaspeenoge Fort' respectively, which were recorded in 1836 in the S side of Ballysumaghan townland (OSNB vol. 1, 157). 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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