What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Derrybeg is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Derrybeg, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies poor pasture on the SW-facing slope of a ridge. An eroded earthen bank with external stone-facing encloses a level, boggy interior. Field boundaries cross the SE edge and extend west and northeast from the site.

In poor pasture, on the SW-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (25m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.2m) with external stone-facing. A slightly raised level area defined by a scarp occurs outside the bank SSW-NE. A NNE-SSW field boundary crosses the SE edge of the rath and others extend from the rath to W and NE. The interior is level and boggy. The bank is overgrown with briars. 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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