What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rusheen (tirerrill By., Ballynakill Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rusheen (tirerrill By., Ballynakill Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. A low earth and stone bank encloses an 18m circular area on a rock outcrop, while a natural ridge splits the interior into two levels. A man-made underground passage remains in the north-east quadrant.

In rough pasture, on a rock outcrop, at the S side of a ridge. A circular area (18m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m). The interior is uneven and c. 4m in from the E edge is a natural ridge of rock outcrop which extends N-S for c. 10m. To the E of this ridge the level of the interior is 0.9m lower than elsewhere. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL027-110002-) in the NE quadrant. 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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