What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clooningan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooningan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on the south end of a rise and forms a circular area twenty-five and a half to twenty-eight metres across. A flat-topped earthen bank and steep scarp define its perimeter, while an external flat-bottomed fosse remains visible along the north and northwest. Vegetation now covers the edge of the rath.

In pasture, on top of the S end of a rise. A raised circular area (diam. 25.5m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.6m) SW-NE and by a scarp (H 2m) NE-SW. An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.3m) is evident NW-N. The perimeter of the rath is 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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