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 on the south-facing slope of a ridge. A dense overgrowth covers the raised circular area, which an earthen bank and a boggy external fosse still define.

In rough pasture, on the S-facing slope of a ridge. A raised circular area (c. 35m N-S; 30m E-W), densely covered with overgrowth, enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1m). The line of the external fosse is marked by a band of boggy ground (Wth 2.5m). 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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