What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clooskirt is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooskirt, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies low-lying marshy ground near the base of a west-facing slope on a low ridge. A raised circular area measuring twenty-five metres across contains a low earthen bank that narrows to a slight internal lip on the northeast and east sides. An external depression marked by rushes surrounds the bank, while a possible eastern entrance crosses the fosse.

In low-lying marshy ground, near the base of the W-facing slope of a low ridge. A raised circular area (diam. 25m) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m) which is reduced to a slight internal lip NE-E. An external fosse is evident as a slight depression (Wth c. 3m; D 0.6m) marked by a band of rushes. A possible entrance (Wth c. 2m) is at E with a possible causeway across the fosse. 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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