What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Powellsborough is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Powellsborough, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies flat wet pasture on the west side of a road. The circular site contains a slightly raised interior, a gapped earthen bank, an outer bank and a surrounding fosse. A field fence and drain now cross the centre of the interior.

In flat wet pasture, on the W side of a road. A slightly raised circular area (27.7m N-S) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m) E-W and by a scarp elsewhere. The outer bank (Wth c. 3m; ext. H 0.2m) is evident SW-W and the intervening fosse (Wth 5.8m; D 1m) is evident all round. The interior is raised c. 0.4m above the external ground level. A field fence and drain cross the centre of the interior on an E-W axis. 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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