What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathscanlan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathscanlan, County Sligo, Ireland. The slightly raised circular area measures 27 metres north to south and contains a flat-topped earthen bank 3.5 metres wide. A disused road cuts through the north-east and south sections, while a boggy fosse surrounds the south-east edge. The 1838 Ordnance Survey map showed the site as an oval 38 metres long and 32 metres wide.

A slightly raised circular area (diam. 27m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) S-NW and N-NE and by a scarp NW-N. An external flat-bottomed boggy fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.3m) is evident S-NE. The rath is truncated NE-S by a disused NE-SW road. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as oval (c. 38m N-S; 32m E-W). A NE-SW railway line is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map immediately to SW of the rath. 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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