What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garoke is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Garoke, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a slight ENE-facing slope and measures roughly 16m north-south by 16.5m east-west. An earthen bank reaches 0.6m internally and 1.55m externally along the NNE-SW edge, while a slight scarp defines the remaining perimeter. A 2m-wide, 1.5m-high rock outcrop sits immediately inside the NNE bank, and the level interior was raised to compensate for the hillslope.

In pasture, on a slight ENE-facing slope. A roughly circular area (16m N-S; 16.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.55m) NNE-SW and elsewhere by a slight scarp. There is rock outcrop (Wth 2m; H 1.5m) immediately inside the bank at NNE. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth and raised to compensate for the hillslope. 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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