What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortarowey is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortarowey, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight SSW-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. A narrow earth and stone bank surrounds a roughly circular area, while a shallow fosse marks the external base where visible. Field clearance stone and a modern drain have altered parts of the perimeter.

Situated on a slight SSW-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised roughly circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.65m; int. H 0.1m). At the external base of the bank is a fosse (Wth 3.25m; D 0.3m). From SE-SW the bank is partially obscured by dumps of field clearance stone. From SW-NW the bank is absent where a NNE-WSW orientated field drain, with a laneway immediately to W, forms the W edge of the site. The fosse encloses the site NE-SE and infilled and not visible at ground level elsewhere. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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