What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Roscrib East is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Roscrib East, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight southeast facing slope in pasture and measures forty eight metres north to south and fifty two metres east to west. An earthen bank stands one point one five metres high outside and zero point three metres high inside along the east northeast to southeast edge, while a low discontinuous scarp defines the remaining boundary. The interior remains undulating and clear of overgrowth, with slight raising where the bank survives to compensate for the hillslope.

In pasture, on a slight SE-facing slope. A slightly raised roughly circular area (48m N-S; 52m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.15m) ENE-SE and by a low discontinuous scarp elsewhere. Where the bank survives, the interior has been slightly raised to compensate for the hillslope. The interior is undulating and clear of overgrowth. The 'Red' Earl's Road (SL033-147----) is c. 20m to S. 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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