What is recorded here

In rough pasture, on top of the W-facing slope of a ridge with rock outcrop. A raised circular area (diam. c. 20m) with a small section of the enclosing earthen bank (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.5m; int. H 0.4m) visible along the SE arc. The rath is covered with overgrowth. 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

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortlownan is a circular early-medieval defensive or domestic site, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folk, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in their supernatural inhabitants.

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