What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Newtowncliffony is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Newtowncliffony, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a ridge in rough pasture and contains a slightly dished circular area twenty-three point six metres across. A much eroded bank of earth and stone, one point five metres wide and between ten centimetres and one metre high, encloses the area. The bank has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary from south-southwest through southwest to west-southwest.
On a ridge in rough pasture. Slightly dished circular area (diam. 23.6m) enclosed by a much eroded bank of earth and stone (Wth. 1.5m; H 0.1m - 1m) which has been modified and incorporated into the the field boundary from SSW-SW-WSW. No fosse. Original entrance not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 07 February 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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