What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonymeenaghan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonymeenaghan, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised roughly circular area spans 26m and sits on the S-facing slope of a low rise in pasture. A 0.6m scarp defines its edge, while a possible underground passage runs along the inner northern boundary.
In pasture, on the S-facing slope of a low rise. A raised roughly circular area (diam. 26m) defined by a scarp (H 0.6m). There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL034-113002-) in the interior along the inner edge of the scarp at N.
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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