What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Quarryfield is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Quarryfield, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low rise in undulating pasture and preserves a circular area thirty-five metres across. Remnants of an earthen bank and an external flat-bottomed fosse still mark the boundary, although gaps and bush growth interrupt the shape. A short stretch of drystone wall foundations appears along the northern arc, while cattle have poached the interior and left a small stone pile in the centre.

In undulating pasture, on a low rise. A raised circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by remains of an earthen bank (Wth 5.3m; int. H 1.1m) with numerous gaps and by an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 8m; D 0.5m). A short stretch of the foundations of a drystone wall is visible on top of the bank along the N arc. The interior is heavily poached by cattle and raised c. 1.5m above external ground level and has a small pile of stones in the centre. The bank and fosse are overgrown with bushes. 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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