What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Coolmurly is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolmurly, County Sligo, Ireland. The slightly raised circular area sits in wet pasture on a slight southeast-facing slope. An earthen bank forms the southeast and northeast edges, while a faint scarp defines the remaining perimeter. Several small breaks appear in the bank where livestock caused erosion.

In wet pasture, on a slight SE-facing slope. A slightly raised roughly circular area (26m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1m) SE-NE and by a faint scarp elsewhere. Several small breaks occur in the bank due to erosion by livestock. The interior is level. Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map an embanked circular area, open to E. A holy well (SL035-099----) lies c. 10m to NE. 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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