What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kintogher is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kintogher, County Sligo, Ireland. The earthen scarp reaches 1.8m in height and encloses a roughly circular area measuring 25m east-west and 23m north-south. A lane running northeast to southwest has cut through the western and eastern edges, removing the original entrance and leaving the scarped boundary strongest from northeast to south-southwest.
Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Originally circular but now truncated by a lane and comprising a roughly circular raised area (dims. 25m E-W; 23m N-S) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 1.8m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The scarped edge is best preserved NE-SSW and is very slight SSW-WNW. From WNW-NE the site has been truncated by a NE-SW orientated lane. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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