What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonamahan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonamahan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a rise in pasture and encloses a circular area thirty-one metres across with two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. A wide eastern entrance cuts through the bank and provides a causeway across the fosse, while tree-planted ditches surround the clear interior.

In pasture, on a rise. A circular area (int. diam. 31m) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.6m) is best evident along the NW arc where it is separated from the fosse by a berm (Wth 1.5m). Traces of the outer bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.5m) are evident along the NW arc. There is a wide entrance through the bank at E with a causeway across the fosse. The interior is clear of overgrowth and the fosse is planted with trees. There is a possible circular enclosure (SL026-076----) c. 80m to W. 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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