What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathgeean is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathgeean, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rough pasture at the west end of a ridge and contains a slightly raised circular area measuring 23.3 metres across. An earthen bank runs along the east, south and west arcs while an east-west field boundary cuts through the north arc. A two-metre entrance opens to the east and a two-point-two-metre external fosse surrounds the whole site.

In rough pasture, at the W end of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 23.3m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) along the E, S and W arcs, and truncated along the N arc by an E-W field boundary. An external fosse (Wth 2.2m) is evident all round. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at E. A field boundary curves around the W half of the perimeter. 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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