What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mullaghnaneane is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Mullaghnaneane, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area measures 48m across and sits on a slight SSE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. A 4.35m wide earth bank encloses the NNW-S and SSE-WSW sides, while a scarp replaces the missing bank from S-SSW to WSW-NNW. An external fosse 4.45m wide and 0.9m deep borders the NNE-NW edge, and the bank joins a WSW-ENE field boundary NNW-NNE.

Situated on a slight SSE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 48m) enclosed by a bank of earth (Wth 4.35m; int. H 0.3m) with an external fosse (Wth 4.45m; D 0.9m). The bank encloses the site NNW-S and SSE-WSW. From S-SSW and WSW-NNW the bank is absent and the site enclosed by a scarp. The bank is incorporated into a WSW-ENE orientated field boundary bank NNW-NNE. Original entrance is not recognisable. The fosse encloses the site NNE-NW and is absent NW-NNE to the N of the WSW-ENE orientated field boundary bank. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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