What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonahinshin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonahinshin, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies undulating pasture on a ridge, forming a raised oval area thirty-three by twenty-eight and a half metres across. An earth and stone bank two metres wide encloses the site, rising one metre internally and one point seven five metres externally. Field boundaries cut the northern and eastern edges, while overgrowth partially covers the bank.

In undulating pasture, on a ridge. A raised oval area (int. diam. 33m x 28.5m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.75m). Field boundaries on an E-W and a N-S axis cut the N and E edges of the rath, respectively. The bank is partially covered with overgrowth. 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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