What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumcliff South is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumcliff South, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area measures 25m across and is enclosed by an earthen scarp reaching 2.75m in height. A wide deep fosse extends from the southwest to the north-northwest, while fragmentary remains appear only from the north-northwest to the northeast. A two-metre ramp across the southern scarped edge marks the original entrance.

Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Raised roughly circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 2.75m). At the external foot of the scarp is a wide deep fosse (Wth 8m; D 0.6m) from SW-NNW. Only fragmentary remains of the fosse are visible from NNW-NE. Elsewhere there are no remains visible at ground level. A small farmyard defined by a drystone wall, associated with an old house now used as a shed, lies across the line of the absent fosse S-SW. A ramp (Wth 2m) across the scarped edge at S marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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