What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cuiltydangan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cuiltydangan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a pasture on the north-facing slope of a ridge and contains an oval area measured 14 metres north-south and 18 metres east-west. An earthen bank four metres wide and a shallow external fosse three metres wide define the perimeter, while the bank survives best at the south and the interior slopes down to the north. Another rath lies about 150 metres to the west-northwest on the same ridge.
In pasture, on the N-facing slope of a ridge. An oval area (14m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1m) and a shallow external fosse (Wth 3m). The bank survives best at S and is low elsewhere. The interior slopes down to N. Another rath (SL027-146----) lies c. 150m to WNW on the same ridge.
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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