Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Daghloonagh

In pasture, on top of a drumlin. A raised circular area (29.4m N-S) enclosed by an inner earth and stone bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) separated from the outer earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) by an intervening platform. The platform slopes down to the base of the inner bank. An external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.3m) is evident all round. The entrance (Wth 3.9m) is at E with a ramp. The interior slopes gently down to E. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Daghloonagh, likely an early-medieval agricultural or defensive site, situated on a drumlin with double banks and ditches. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folk or ancient pagan rituals.