What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloongad is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloongad, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a ridge pasture and preserves a circular bank that measures thirty-two metres east-west and twenty-eight metres north-west-south-east. Quarrying disturbed the south and south-west arcs, while a five-metre entrance at the south leads toward a large hole in the south-west quadrant. An outer bank arc remains visible along the north-west edge, and the whole structure sits within a working field boundary.

In pasture, on top of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (32m E-W; 28m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) which is best preserved along the SE arc. The bank is incorporated into a field boundary along the NW and NE arcs and is disturbed by quarrying along the SW and S arcs. An entrance (Wth 5m) at S gives access to a large quarry hole (c. 20m x 14m) in the SW quadrant. An arc of an outer bank (L 16m; Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.6m) is evident along the NW arc. There is a shallow boggy hollow immediately outside the bank at NE. 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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