What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonlurg,kilmorgan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonlurg,kilmorgan, County Sligo, Ireland. The roughly circular site sits on a southeast facing pasture slope. An earth and stone bank marks the northern edge, while a field boundary cuts across the southern perimeter. The western interior is now a dumping area for old cars, but the eastern half remains slightly raised and undisturbed.

In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A roughly circular area (31m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.9m) N-NNE and by a scarp (ext. H 0.6m) NNE-SE. The S perimeter of the interior is truncated by a substantial earth and stone field boundary. Elsewhere the enclosing element has been removed but the limit of the rath is visible as a band of darker grass and a very slight inward-facing scarp. The E half of the interior is crossed by NW-SE field boundary and drain. To W of this boundary the interior has been extensively disturbed and levelled down to external ground level, is now a dumping area for old cars and the S half of it is densely covered with overgrowth. On the E side of the boundary, the interior is undisturbed, slightly raised above external ground level and slopes slightly down to SE. 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.