What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killala is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killala, County Sligo, Ireland. The easternmost of two adjoining raths sits in rough grazing on a ridge, with fosses about four metres apart. A slightly raised circular area measures thirty-eight metres north east to south west and is defined by a scarp rising ninety centimetres, though a field boundary truncates its north east to south east edge. An external fosse two and a half metres wide and sixty centimetres deep appears west south west to west north west where the two raths join in dense growth.

In rough grazing, on top of a ridge. The easternmost of two adjoining raths (see SL027-022----), the fosses of which are c. 4m apart. A slightly raised circular area (38m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.9m), but truncated NE-SE by a field boundary. An external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.6m) is evident WSW-WNW, at the densely overgrown junction of the two raths. 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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