What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumdoney (tirerrill By., Killadoon Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumdoney (tirerrill By., Killadoon Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a roughly circular area twenty metres east-west and seventeen metres north-south on the west-facing slope of a ridge. Remains of an earthen bank enclose the space, though numerous gaps break the line. A possible entrance two and a half metres wide appears at the southwest, while a band of rushes three metres wide may mark the position of an external fosse.

In rough poorly drained pasture, with forestry to N and W and on the W-facing slope of a ridge. A roughly circular area (20m E-W; 17m N-S) enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.2m) with numerous gaps. A band of rushes (Wth 3m) may the indicate line of an external fosse. A possible entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at SW. There are rushes and irises in the interior and the perimeter is overgrown with scrub. 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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