What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cuilnagleragh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cuilnagleragh, County Sligo, Ireland. The earthen ring sits in pasture near the base of a north-facing drumlin slope. A gently rising bank about one metre high surrounds a circular space twenty-nine and a half to thirty-one and a half metres across. The northern interior rises two metres to level the ground against the hill.

In pasture, near the base of the N-facing slope of a drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 29.5m x 31.5m) defined by a gently sloping scarp (H c. 1m). The N portion of the interior is raised c. 2m to compensate for the hillslope. 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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