What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gaddan Beg is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gaddan Beg, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular area spans 33 metres and contains two earthen banks separated by a fosse. The inner bank reaches 1.5 metres externally along the southern arc, while the outer bank remains visible from east-southeast to north. A four-metre gap in the eastern inner bank aligns with traces of a possible causeway across the fosse.

In flat poorly drained pasture with ridges of higher ground to W and SE. A circular area (diam. 33m) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is highest along the S arc (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) and much eroded along the N arc. The fosse (Wth 2.5m) is evident all round. The outer bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.9m) is evident ESE-N. A gap (Wth 4m) occurs in the inner bank at E with traces of a possible causeway across the fosse. 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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