What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lomcloon is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lomcloon, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a low ridge overlooking Lough Gara. A roughly circular area measuring 54 metres north-south and 49.6 metres east-west sits inside an earthen bank 3.9 metres wide. Numerous gaps break the bank, while the uneven interior slopes downward toward the south.

In pasture, on top of a low ridge, overlooking Lough Gara. A roughly circular area (int. diam. 54m N-S; 49.6m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.05m). An external fosse (D 0.2m) is evident along the W arc. There are numerous gaps in the bank. The interior is uneven and slopes down to S. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lomcloon, likely an early-medieval agricultural or defensive site, situated on a low ridge overlooking Lough Gara. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, and they were often believed to be the homes of supernatural beings or places of magical significance.

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