What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Montiagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Montiagh, County Sligo, Ireland. The site sits on the south facing slope of a rise where an earthen bank still defines the southern, western and northern arcs. The interior stands two metres above the surrounding ground, but the northeast and southeast edges are quarried into. Blackthorn bushes now cover much of the rath, and the 1911 map shows its southern and western arcs absorbed into a field boundary.

On the S-facing slope of a rise. The interior is raised (max. 2m) above the surrounding ground level and defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. 0.6m) along the S, W and N arcs. It is quarried into at NE and SE. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. 35m). On the 1911 OS 6-inch map it is more oval in shape (long axis E-W), with the S and W arcs shown as straight sided and incorporated into a field boundary system, and indentations along the NE and SE arcs. The rath is heavily overgrown with blackthorn bushes. 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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