What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathbaun South is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathbaun South, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies the top of a drumlin and preserves a raised subcircular area measured 26.8 metres north-south and 18.7 metres east-west. A low bank defines a short stretch along the southern arc, while quarrying has damaged the northwestern and southwestern sections. The 1838 Ordnance Survey map showed an embanked circular area, and the 1914 map marked a hachured irregular raised area.

On the top of a drumlin. A raised subcircular area (26.8m N-S; 18.7m E-W) defined for a short stretch along the S arc by a low bank (Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.05m). The rath has been quarried into at NW and SW. It was indicated as an embanked circular area on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and as a hachured irregular raised area on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. 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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