What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killaraght is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killaraght, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies undulating boggy pasture on an east-facing slope, where a raised circular area measures twenty-five metres across. A denuded earthen bank surrounds the centre, while an external fosse cuts four metres wide and one point six metres deep. A faint causeway trace marks a possible northern entrance.

In undulating boggy pasture, on an E-facing slope. A raised circular area (int. diam. 25m) enclosed by a denuded earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.75m) with an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 1.6m). A possible entrance is at N with a faint trace of a causeway across the fosse. 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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