What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Quarryfield is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Quarryfield, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular earthwork rises about 1.8m above the surrounding wet ground and has a 3m-wide bank along its northeast, east and southwest edges. Upright stones are still visible on the inner face of that bank, while a shallow dry ditch runs outside the northern, eastern and southern arcs. Dense overgrowth now covers the interior of the roughly 30m-wide ring.

On a low rise, surrounded by wet ground. A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m), densely covered with overgrowth, defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m) along the NE, E and SW arcs. Traces of a revetment of upright stones are evident on the internal face of the bank. A dry external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth c. 4m; D 0.4m) is evident along the N, E and SE arcs. The interior is raised c. 1.8m above external ground level. 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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