What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Coagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coagh, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rough rolling pasture on top of a drumlin, forming a raised circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and external fosse. The northern entrance uses a narrow causeway across the fosse, while irises and rushes fill the interior. Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman, Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy documented these features in the Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo.

In rough rolling pasture, on top of a drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 20.8m N-S; 20.7m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.2m). An external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.4m) is evident all round, except along the S arc where a field boundary skirts the bank. The entrance (Wth 2.3m) is at N with a narrow causeway across the fosse. The interior is overgrown with irises and rushes. 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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