What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bunnacranagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bunnacranagh, County Sligo, Ireland. The oval earthwork rises one metre twenty centimetres above pasture on a gentle south-facing slope. A faint ditch marks the north-west edge, while a low east ramp provides a possible entrance. These features appeared on the 1838 and 1911 Ordnance Survey maps.

In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. An oval area (dims. 28m N-S; 37.5m E-W) raised up to 1.2m above the external ground level. There is a faint trace of an external fosse (Wth 7.4m; D 0.15m) evident along the NW arc. There is a possible entrance feature at E, formed by a low ramp (Wth c. 3.8m) rising from the exterior to the edge of the interior. The rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area surrounded by trees and on the 1911 OS 6-inch map as a hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 35m) immediately to the S of a lane. 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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