What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Flowerhill is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Flowerhill, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies an oval area thirty-six metres north-south and thirty metres east-west on an east-facing slope. The remains include an earthen bank, a rising scarp and a scarp with an external step. The west interior is cut into the hillslope while the east interior is raised two and a half metres to compensate for the grade.

In pasture, on an E-facing slope and incorporated into a field boundary. An oval area (36m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.55m) S-SW, a rising scarp WSW-NNE and a scarp with an external step (Wth 2m; H 0.7m) NNE-SE. The W portion of the interior is cut into the hillslope and the E portion is raised 2.5m to compensate somewhat for the slope though there is still a slope down to E. 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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