What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moylough is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moylough, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular rath has a 30m diameter and stands on a low dry rise in flat pasture. A 5m wide earthen bank and 4.5m wide boggy fosse surround the interior, which is crossed by a field boundary and drain. Gorse bushes and rabbit burrows now cover much of the site.

On a low dry rise, in flat pasture. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.6m). A flat-bottomed boggy external fosse (Wth 4.5m; D 0.2m) is evident all around except for short sections at NW and SE. The interior is raised c. 0.2m above the external ground level and is crossed by a NW-SE field boundary and drain. The rath is overgrown with gorse bushes and extensively burrowed by rabbits. 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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