What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonanure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonanure, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands on top of a drumlin ridge and appeared as a raised circular area about thirty metres across on the 1942-3 OS 6-inch map. The rath is now levelled but remains visible as a roughly circular space twenty-nine by twenty-seven metres wide, bounded by a low scarp. A half-metre-high enclosing bank was still noted during a 1964 site inspection.

On top of a drumlin ridge. The rath is indicated on the 1942-3 OS 6-inch map as a raised circular area (diam. c. 30m). The rath is now levelled and evident only as a roughly circular area (int. diam. c. 29m N-S; c. 27m E-W) defined by a low scarp. An enclosing bank (H c. 0.6m) was noted during a previous site inspection in 1964 (SMR (1989) file). 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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