What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilfree is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilfree, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies gently undulating ground as a raised roughly circular area measuring 44m north-south and 42m east-west. An earthen bank 2.9m wide and 2.2m high on the outside defines the north-northwest edge, while a 1.5m scarp marks the remaining boundary. The interior slopes downward toward the south and east beside a farmyard immediately to the west.

In gently undulating ground. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 44m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 2.2m) N-NW and by a scarp (H 1.5m) elsewhere. The interior slopes down to S and E. There is a farmyard immediately to W. 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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