What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonkeevy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonkeevy, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies undulating pasture on a slight west-facing slope. The possible rath is not visible at ground level today. A circular embanked area about thirty metres across appeared on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map.
In undulating pasture, on a slight W-facing slope. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated as an embanked circular area (diam c. 30m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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