What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Emlaghnaghtan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Emlaghnaghtan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a rise in pasture and measures 18 metres north-south and 17.5 metres east-west. An eroded earthen bank surrounds the gently undulating interior, while an external fosse appears as a visible trench or band of dark-coloured grass. Small cattle gaps break the bank at several points, and hawthorn bushes grow along its northeastern and southwestern sections.

In pasture, on a rise. A raised circular area (18m N-S; 17.5 E-W) defined by an eroded earthen bank with an external fosse. The bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9m) is evident all round with small cattle gaps at NW, SSE, SSW and SW. The fosse is evident E-SSW; elsewhere the line of the fosse is marked by a band of dark-coloured grass. The interior is gently undulating and clear of overgrowth. Some hawthorn bushes grow on the bank NE-SW. 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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