What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Highwood is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Highwood, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in rough pasture on a west-facing slope, where two earthen banks and intervening fosses enclose a roughly circular area. The outer bank has numerous gaps and a possible southwest entrance with a causeway across the fosse, while a field boundary presses against its eastern side.

In rough pasture, on a W-facing slope, surrounded by field boundaries. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 16.3m x 17.3m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening and external fosses. A sod-covered inner bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.9m) drops 1.2m to the base of the intervening fosse (Wth 2m). An outer bank (Wth 3.9m; ext. H 1.35m), which drops 0.55m to the base of the intervening fosse, has numerous gaps and a possible entrance (Wth 3m) at SW, with a causeway across the fosse. The external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.4m) is silt-filled and is best evident along the W arc. A field boundary has been built against the external side of the outer bank along the E arc. 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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