What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mullaghmore (tirerrill By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Mullaghmore (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a ridge top where pasture slopes steeply north. A twenty-four metre circular area sits inside a six metre wide bank and four metre wide fosse. A stone faced entrance opens east, while a possible counterscarp bank marks the outer edge from south to northwest.

In pasture, on top of a ridge with the ground sloping down steeply to N. A raised circular area (diam. 24m) enclosed by a substantial bank and external fosse. The bank (Wth 6m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.8m) has traces of a stone kerb at the base of the internal face. There is a stone-faced entrance (Wth 2m) at E. The fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.4m) is evident all round. A possible counterscarp bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.3m) was noted at the outer edge of the fosse S-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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