What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drummacool is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drummacool, County Sligo, Ireland. The levelled rath occupies a low rocky rise in undulating pasture, forming a roughly oval area twenty-five metres north-south and twenty metres east-west. A zero-point-eight-metre scarp defines the boundary, with large stone slabs visible at intervals on top. Long grass and scrub now cover the site, while a man-made underground passage remains in the south-west quadrant.

In undulating pasture, on a low rise of rocky outcrop. This rath has been levelled and the remains consist of a raised roughly oval area (25m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.8m). Large stone slabs are discernible at intervals on top of the scarp. The rath is densely overgrown with long grass and scrub. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL027-160002-) in the SW quadrant. 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.