What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonacurra is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonacurra, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies waterlogged pasture beside a road, forming a roughly circular area enclosed by an earthen bank. The interior rises convexly above the bank in the centre, while bushes overgrow the eastern half of the perimeter.

In waterlogged pasture, adjacent to a road. A roughly circular area (int. diam. 24m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.2m). The bank is overgrown with bushes along the E half of the perimeter. The interior is convex, rising above height of the bank in the centre. 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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