What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Emlagh (coolavin By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Emlagh (coolavin By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The circular rath sits on a ridge above Lough Gara, though quarrying removed much of its western edge. Remnants of an earthen bank and a scarp still mark the northern perimeter, while the level interior remains visible in the pasture.

In pasture, on top of a ridge overlooking Lough Gara to W. Though indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure the remains are consistent with a circular rath greatly modified due to quarrying SW-W. A raised subcircular area (28.8m N-S; 19.7m E-W to the quarry edge) is defined NNW-NNE by a scarp (H 0.6m) and NNE-S by remnants of an earthen bank (Wth c. 2.5m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.8m), mostly obscured by overgrowth. The perimeter and a substantial portion of the interior S-NW has been quarried away. Gaps occur in the bank at E (Wth 2m) and SE (Wth 3.4m). The interior is level and featureless. There is a field boundary 4m to S. 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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