What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cooperhill is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cooperhill, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies pasture on a ridge and preserves a thirty metre circular area enclosed by two earthen banks and a four metre fosse. The inner bank stands one point eight metres high externally and is faced with stones internally, while the outer bank reaches one point four metres internally and joins a field boundary along the southern arc. Quarrying has removed parts of the inner bank along the northeast and eastern arcs, leaving only a low rise where the outer bank was once levelled.

In pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised circular area (30m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse (Wth 4m). The inner bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.8m) is faced with stones internally. The outer bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.8m) is stone-faced in parts externally, incorporated into a field boundary along the S arc, levelled along the NE and E arcs with only a low rise remaining. The inner bank is quarried into for a length of 7m and 8m along NE and E arcs respectively. Some beech trees grow on the bank and in the interior. 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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