What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Quarryfield is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Quarryfield, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies pasture on a drumlin and contains a raised circular area measuring 24.3 metres north to south. An earthen bank surrounds the interior, though quarrying removed a short section at the northwest and a field boundary cuts the south edge. The flat interior stands 1.55 metres above the external ground level.

In pasture, on top of a drumlin. A raised roughly circular area (24.3m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.75m). The bank is truncated by a field boundary at S and a short section of it has been removed by quarrying at NW. The interior is flat and raised c. 1.55m 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.