What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Keelty is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Keelty, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a steep southwest-facing slope in upland pasture. A twenty-one metre circular area contains a substantial earth and stone bank, an external fosse, and two internal terraces separated by a scarp. A two metre break at the south southeast marks the original entrance.

Situated on a steep SW-facing slope in gently undulating upland pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a substantial flat-topped bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.85m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.8m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 4.65m; D 1-1.6m). The bank is low, denuded and barely visible SSE-W. The fosse encloses the site N-SE and is absent elsewhere. A break (Wth 2m) in the bank at SSE marks the position of the original entrance. To compensate for the underlying slope, the interior is divided into two terraces by a SW facing scarp (H 1.4m) that links to the internal face of the bank at NNW and at ESE. A roughly circular relic quarry (diam. 6m; D 0.4m) is located on the ESE side of the interior against the inner side of the bank. A NE-SW orientated drystone field wall crosses the interior to NW of centre intersecting with the bank at WSW and at NE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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