What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonlaughil is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonlaughil, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised oval area sits in level pasture and measures 29.2 metres north-south by 33.8 metres east-west. An earthen bank encloses the site with numerous gaps, while a dry flat-bottomed fosse runs externally along the southwest-northeast and southeast-south edges. A silted-up pond adjoins the fosse at the northwest, and hawthorn bushes overgrow the southern interior.

In level pasture. A raised oval area (29.2m N-S; 33.8m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.75m) with numerous gaps. An external dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6.3m; D 0.3m) is evident SW-NE and SE-S. A silted-up pond adjoins the fosse at NW. The interior is raised 0.5-0.75m in height above external ground level, is mostly grass-covered except for the S portion which is overgrown with hawthorn bushes. 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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