What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilmacteige is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilmacteige, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low rise and forms a raised circular area measuring twenty-nine metres north-south and twenty-eight metres east-west. An earthen bank encloses the space, while a collapsed stone wall revets the inside and a man-made underground passage cuts through the northeast section.

On top of a low rise. A raised circular area (29m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.2m). The bank is revetted on the inside by a stone wall (Wth 1.5m) much of which has collapsed. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL036-048002-) in the bank at NE. The centre of the interior is overgrown. 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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