What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clooskirt is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooskirt, County Sligo, Ireland. The levelled rath occupies a low rise in poorly drained pasture, preserves a twenty-five metre circular area bounded by a sixty centimetre embankment, and shows an external fosse through a three metre band of dark vegetation. A possible circular enclosure lies thirty metres to the southeast, while the rath also appears as a cropmark in an aerial photograph.

On a low rise, in low-lying poorly drained pasture. Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a raised circular area (diam. c. 30m). This rath has been levelled and the remains consist of a circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by a slight rise (ext. H 0.6m). An external fosse is evident as a slight depression (D c. 0.2m) marked by a band of dark vegetation (Wth c. 3m). The rath is also visible as a cropmark in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, G 290-89). A possible circular enclosure (SL027-072----) lies c. 30m 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

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