What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kingsfort (tirerrill By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kingsfort (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies wet pasture on a hilltop and contains a raised circular area thirty-one metres wide. An earthen bank forms three sides while a scarp defines the eastern edge. Rushes cover the slightly concave interior near another cashel four hundred metres away.

In wet pasture, on top of a hill. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 27.4m N-S; 31.2m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 2.8m) along the S, W and N arcs and by a scarp along the E arc. The slightly concave interior is covered with rushes. A cashel (SL021-073----) lies c. 400m to NW. 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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