What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Leaffony is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Leaffony, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a low rise in the south-west corner of a vegetable garden beside a modern house. Although the 1913 map shows a semi-circular area, no enclosure remains visible at ground level. Only the access hole to a drystone-built underground passage is still present.

Situated on a low rise, in the SW corner of a field, used as a vegetable garden at the time of inspection, adjacent to a modern house. Not marked on the 1837 OS 6-inch map; shown on the 1913 edition as a semi-circular hachured area (diam. c. 27m NW–SE; c. 17m NE–SW) curving W–SE, and truncated at W by a field boundary on a NW–SE axis. There is no trace of the enclosure at ground level but the access hole to a drystone-built Man-made underground passage (SL017-009002-) remains. This is almost certainly the site of a levelled rath. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Leaffony is a likely early-medieval circular earthwork, possibly used as a defensive or agricultural settlement. Local folklore may associate it with fairies or other supernatural beings, as is common with such sites in Irish and British tradition.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.