What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rinbaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rinbaun, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a rise in pasture as a raised oval area measuring about forty metres northwest to southeast and twenty-seven metres northeast to southwest. A one-metre scarp defines the boundary, while an east-northeast to west-southwest field bisects the interior. The southern half slopes downward toward the southeast, containing a hut site in the southeast quadrant.

In pasture, on a rise. A raised oval area (c. 40m NW-SE; c. 27m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 1m). The interior is bisected by an ENE-WSW field boundary; the S half slopes down to SE, steeply at first with a more gentle slope closer to the edge. There is a hut site (SL032-123002-) in the SE quadrant. A limekiln was indicated in the vicinity of this rath on the 1838 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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