What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilmacteige is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilmacteige, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised D-shaped area sits at the east end of a low rise in undulating pasture, one hundred metres west of a bend in the River Talt. A flat-topped earthen bank defines the south and north arcs and west side, while a scarp marks the remaining boundary. The grass-covered interior appears as an embanked circular area on the 1838 and 1914 Ordnance Survey maps.

In undulating pasture, at the E end of a low rise and 100m W of a bend in the River Talt. A raised D-shaped area (dims. 25.8m E-W) with a straight W side (L 20.3m N-S) is defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) along the S and N arcs and on the W side and by a scarp elsewhere. The interior is grass covered. It is indicated as an embanked circular area on the 1838 and 1914 OS 6-inch maps. 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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