What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cooldrumman Upper is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cooldrumman Upper, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a slight rise in low-lying wet pasture and contains a raised circular area twenty-eight metres across. A broad flat-topped bank of earth and stone surrounds the centre, while a fosse encloses the outside base. Most of the fosse is silted up, but a northeast break and causeway mark the original entrance.

Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating low-lying wet pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 28m) enclosed by a broad flat-topped bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.55m). At the external base of the bank is a fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 0.45m). The fosse encloses the site on all sides and is almost entirely silted up except SW-W and NNE-E. A break (Wth 2.4m) in the bank with a causeway across the fosse at NE marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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