Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Deechomade

In pasture, on the narrow top of a steep-sided drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 28m N-S; 29.2m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.7m). A possible entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at W. The interior is uneven and raised in the centre. A N-S field boundary crosses the interior rath off-centre to E; remains of another field boundary extends W from the bank at W. 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