What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Riverstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Riverstown, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in pasture at the north end of a drumlin, where an earth and stone bank encloses a circular area and a separate annexe adjoins its west edge.

In pasture, at the N end of a drumlin. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 23.9m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1m). Though the N portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope, it still retains a gentle slope down to N. A semicircular slightly raised annexe (int. diam. 22.2m N-S; 20.6m E-W) (SL039-122002-) adjoins the W edge of the rath and is defined by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.7m). 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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