What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cams is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cams, County Sligo, Ireland. The slightly raised circular area spans about twenty-two metres and keeps an earthen bank with gaps beside an external fosse. A possible entrance appears at the southwest with a causeway across the ditch, while a man-made underground passage occupies the northwest quadrant. Another rath sits forty metres to the southeast in the rough pasture on the ridge.

In rough pasture, on top of a ridge and adjacent to a road. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 22m) enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m) with a number of gaps, and by an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.7m) E-NW. There is a possible entrance (Wth 4m) at SW with a causeway across the fosse. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL034-097002-) in the NW quadrant. The perimeter is overgrown at E and N. Another rath (SL034-098----) is c. 40m to SE. 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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