What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Magheralackagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Magheralackagh, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies an E-facing slope within a forestry plantation and presents an oval interior measuring 18m by 26m. An earthen bank 2.3m wide encloses the site, while brambles overgrow the bank and saplings fill the interior. The eastern interior is raised and the western interior is cut into the upslope to balance the hillslope.

In a forestry plantation, on an E-facing slope. An oval area (int. diam. 18m x 26m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.75m). The E portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope and the W portion is cut into the upslope (bank at W: int. H 0.2m; ext. H 2m). The bank is overgrown with brambles and the interior is planted with saplings. 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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