What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Fallathurteen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fallathurteen, County Sligo, Ireland. It sits on a slight NE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Quarrying has largely removed the site, leaving a raised oval area 29m east-west and 22m north-south. A large rectangular quarry hole now crosses the NE interior.

Situated on slight NE-facing slope, on low rise, in gently undulating pasture. The site has been largely removed by quarrying. Remains comprise a raised oval area (dims. 29m E-W; 22m N-S) enclosed by a bank of earth (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From W-N-E-SE and the bank is absent and the defining element is a scarp (H 0.3m-0.6m). Two gaps in the scarped edge at NNW and NE (each Wth 5m) are modern. The original entrance is not recognisable. A large, roughly rectangular, flat bottomed quarry hole (dims. 15m NW-SE; 10m NE-SW; D 1.4m) now extends across the NE side of the interior. A smaller, roughly circular, quarry (diam. 4m; D 0.4m) lies in the interior 2m to the SE of the large quarry. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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