What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clooneally is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooneally, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight rise in marshy ground on a northeast-facing slope. Two stone-faced earthen banks enclose a roughly circular area, with a wide gap in the outer bank toward the north and a possible entrance at the east.

In marshy ground, on a slight rise on a NE-facing slope. A roughly circular area (diam. 25.2m N-S; 26.2m E-W) enclosed by two stone-faced earthen banks with an intervening fosse and faint traces of an outer fosse. The stone-faced inner bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.45m) and intervening fosse (Wth 3.5m) are evident all round. The stone-faced outer bank (Wth 3.4m; ext. H 0.3m) is evident SW-S with a wide gap to N and a possible outer fosse SW-SE. There is a possible entrance at E. The banks are overgrown. 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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