What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cashel South is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cashel South, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies flat pasture beside boggy ground and holds a raised circular area measuring thirty-seven by thirty-eight metres. An earthen bank, field boundary and shallow scarp define its edge, while a dry external fosse cuts across part of the circuit. The interior stands slightly above the surrounding ground, though a field boundary now crosses it.

In flat pasture, with boggy ground immediately to N and just above a gentle SW-facing slope. A raised circular area (37m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.7m) SW-NNW, by a field boundary NNW-NNE and by a scarp (H 0.2m) NNE-SW. A dry external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.5m) is evident WSW-NNW. The interior is raised c. 0.6m above the external ground level. A NE-SW field boundary extends across the interior, off-centre to E. 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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