What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cashel North is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cashel North, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low rise in pasture and forms a D-shaped area where a linear west side meets curved earthworks. A low gapped bank borders the northeast, south and southwest, while a scarp defines the remaining edge. A quarry has removed a large portion of the northern interior.

In pasture, on a low rise. A D-shaped area (21.6m N-S; 19.3m E-W) defined by the remains of a low gapped earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.1m) to NE, S and SW and by a scarp elsewhere (H 0.9m). The W side is linear giving a D-shaped appearance. A quarry has cut away a large portion of the N half of the interior. 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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