Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clooneagh

In pasture, on top of a drumlin ridge. A raised oval area (int. diam. 41m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1.6m) along the S arc and by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 1.85m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m) elsewhere. The interior, which slopes down to SW, is crossed by a NNW-SSE field boundary towards the W edge. Some stone slabs have been dumped in E half of the interior. 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

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clooneagh is a likely early-medieval defensive or domestic site, characterized by an oval enclosure with a scarp and earthen bank. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, often regarding them as the homes of supernatural beings or portals to the Otherworld.