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 south-facing slope in low-lying wet pasture and contains a raised circular area nineteen metres across. A broad earthen bank three and a half metres wide and fifteen centimetres high surrounds the centre, while a shallow ditch three metres wide and fifteen centimetres deep cuts the outer base. Two gaps in the bank, one and a half metres and one metre wide, suggest possible entrance positions.

Situated on a slight S-facing slope in low-lying wet pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 19m) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth (Wth 3.55m; int. H 0.15m). At the external base of the bank is a fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.15m). There breaks in the bank at NW (Wth 1.5m) and at ENE (Wth 1.05m), either of which could mark the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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