What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kinkillew is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kinkillew, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area spans about 45 metres east to west on the south side of a high ridge. An earthen bank and external fosse define the structure, though field boundaries and a drain now cross the interior.

In rough grazing, on the S side of a high ridge. A raised circular area (c. 45m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1m) is reduced to a slight internal lip S-NW and levelled NNW-NNE. The fosse is evident as a very slight depression (Wth c. 3m) ENE-S. The interior is crossed on a N-S axis by a field boundary and drain off-centre to W and on an E-W axis by a field boundary just inside the levelled bank at N. 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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