What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cooperhill is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cooperhill, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies low-lying woodland on a rise and forms a thirty-metre circular area enclosed by a six-metre earthen bank. A four-metre external fosse cuts across the south, west and north arcs, while a two-metre western entrance crosses the ditch on a causeway. Two other raths lie thirty and one hundred ten metres to the east.

In low-lying woodland, on top of a rise. A raised circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.8m). An external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.8m) is evident along the S, W and N arcs, deepest along the W arc. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at W with a causeway across the fosse. Raths (SL027-106---- and SL027-107----) lie c. 30m to E and c. 110m to E respectively. 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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