What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Everlaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Everlaun, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies pasture on a southeast-facing slope and appeared on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map as a thirty-metre embanked circle. It is no longer visible at ground level, although a possible circular enclosure and barrow remain nearby.
In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m). This possible rath is not visible at ground level. A possible circular enclosure (SL038-096----) lies c. 100m to N and a ppossible barrow (SL038-095----) c. 190m to NNW.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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