What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Leitrim South is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Leitrim South, County Sligo, Ireland. The subcircular site measures about 29 metres east to west and sits on the north-facing slope of a ridge in level pasture. A flat-topped earthen bank forms the northwest and northeast boundary, while a scarp topped by a field boundary completes the southeast edge. The 1838 Ordnance Survey 6-inch map already showed this embanked circular area.

In level pasture, on the N-facing slope of a ridge and skirted by a lane NE-SE. A subcircular area (c. 29m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.2m) NW-NNE, by a scarp topped by a field boundary NNE-SE and by linear field boundaries elsewhere. The N portion of the interior is raised c. 1.3m to compensate for the hillslope. Indicated as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. A castle (SL038-129----) lies c. 50m 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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