What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonkeevy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonkeevy, County Sligo, Ireland. The roughly oval site sits in level pasture on the northwest side of a low rise. An earth and stone bank defines part of the edge, while a scarp forms the northern boundary. Two recorded hut sites appear inside the clear interior.

In level pasture, on the NW side of a low rise. A slightly raised roughly oval area (16m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.45m) SE-N and by a scarp N-NNE. The bank and a portion of the interior have been quarried away NNE-E and the bank is truncated by a linear earth and stone field boundary E-SE. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. There is a hut site (SL033-114002-) in the NW quadrant and another (SL033-114003-) immediately E of centre. There is a steep natural NW-facing slope immediately outside the bank along the NW arc. 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 or earthen ringfort in Cloonkeevy, likely dating to the early medieval period, is characterized by a roughly oval enclosure with an internal bank and scarp. Local folklore, common to such sites in Ireland, may associate it with fairies or ancient inhabitants, though specific traditions are not recorded.

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