What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Finnure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Finnure, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight rise on a northeast-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. A substantial earthen bank and scarp enclose a raised circular area, while a narrow gap at the east marks the original entrance with a causeway across the fosse.

Situated on slight rise on slight NE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (dims. 28m E-W; 27m N-S) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 8.2m; int. H 0.8m) at NW and from ENE-SE. Elsewhere the defining element is a scarp (H 1.65m). At the foot of the scarp and bank from NE-SE is a fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.6m). Elsewhere this has been infilled but its outline (Wth 3.5m) is identifiable from NW-NNE and SE-SW. The original entrance is visible as a 5m wide gap in bank at E with an accompanying causeway across the fosse. A length of a drystone-built boundary wall (H 0.8m; Wth 0.6m) aligned NE-SW, extends across the NW quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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