What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathdoony Beg is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathdoony Beg, County Sligo, Ireland. The earthwork sits in pasture on a slight west-facing slope but is no longer visible at ground level. Maps from 1838 and 1941 showed a circular enclosure or raised area between thirty and forty metres across. A 1985 inspection described an irregular oval bank, scarp, fosse and low outer edge along the south arc.

In pasture, on a slight W-facing slope. This rath is not visible at ground level. It is depicted on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) and on the 1941 OS 6-inch map as a circular raised area (diam. c. 40m). It was described during a previous inspection in 1985 (SMR (1989) file) as an irregular oval earthwork defined by a bank NE-NW and by a scarp NW-NE. A fosse and a low outer bank were noted along the S arc. The interior was described as uneven with a rise in the W half. 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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