What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killaraght is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killaraght, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies almost the full width of a narrow ridge in pasture, forming a slightly raised D-shaped area defined by an eroded bank and a poorly defined scarp. A seven and a half metre break appears in the north-northwest bank, while an external fosse marked by irises in waterlogged ground stretches intermittently across the west-east section. The 1914 OS 6-inch map indicated the site as an embanked circular area.

In pasture, on a gentle slope towards the W end of, and occupying almost the full width of, a narrow ridge. A slightly raised roughly D-shaped area (dims. 24.6m N-S; 32m E-W) defined SW-SE by an eroded bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1m) and on the straight S side by a poorly defined scarp (H 0.3m) which merges into the natural slope. There is a break (Wth 7.5m) in the bank at NNW. An external fosse, indicated by a band of irises (Wth c. 3.5m) in waterlogged ground, is evident intermittently W-E. The interior slopes slightly down to W; the E half is covered with rushes and irises. Indicated as an embanked circular area on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. 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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