What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonderry is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonderry, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight rise in wet pasture and presents a roughly circular raised area measuring 24 metres north-south and 25 metres east-west. A narrow earth and stone bank encloses the centre, while a wider fosse and external bank surround the outside. A disused quarry cuts through the external bank at the northeast, and a four-metre break with a causeway marks the original entrance at the west-northwest.

Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating wet pasture. Raised roughly circular area (dims. 24m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 3.15m). At the external foot of the bank are a fosse (Wth 6.15m) and an external bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.95; int. H 1.2m). A roughly rectangular, now disused, quarry (dims. 12m NW-SE; 10m NE-SW; D 3m) abuts the external face of the inner bank and has been cut into the base of the fosse and through the external bank at NE. From E-WNW the external bank is absent but the outer edge of the fosse is still visible. A break (Wth 4m) in the internal bank with a causeway across the fosse at WNW marks the position of the original entrance. There is a modern break (Wth 5m) in the internal bank at WSW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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