What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bunnacranagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bunnacranagh, County Sligo, Ireland. The levelled rath occupies a gentle SE-facing pasture slope, preserving a 31m circular area marked by a slight scarp and field boundary. Earlier surveys recorded a larger embanked perimeter planted with trees, showing how the earthwork changed before becoming a faint trace in the land.

In pasture, on a gentle SE-facing slope. The rath is levelled. The remains consist of a circular area (diam. 31m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (max. H 0.4m) SW-SSE and by a field boundary SSE-SW. On the 1911 OS 6-inch map a hachured bank is indicated S-N, incorporated into a field boundary system. On the 1838 OS 6-inch map the rath is indicated as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 35m) the perimeter of which is planted with trees. 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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