What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortnagrelly is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortnagrelly, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the eastern part of a slight east-west ridge and contains a raised circular area twenty metres across. An earthen scarp one point four metres high surrounds the centre, while a broad fosse lines the outer foot on the south-west, north-west, north-east and south-east sides. The interior was levelled above the natural slope except where it remains flush with the ground on the south-west and north-west.

Situated towards the E of a slight E-W orientated ridge. Raised circular area (diam. 20m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (H 1.4m). At the external foot of the scarp is a fosse (Wth 7.1-7.9m; D 0.4-1.2m). The E-W orientated S-facing slope of the ridge lies under the edge of the rath SE-SW and the interior has been levelled up to compensate for the natural fall. The fosse encloses the site SW-NW and NE-SE and is absent elsewhere. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is raised above natural ground level on all sides except SW-NW where the interior is flush with external ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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