Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skeagh More

Situated on a slight E-facing slope, overlooked by hill to SE, in undulating pasture. Possible Man-made underground passage (WM017-047----) lies c. 82m to NW. Visible as an oval-shaped tree-lined area on Digital Globe aerial photography. Depicted as a circular-shaped ringfort on the 1837 OS 6-inch map. Shown on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a slightly distorted irregular or roughly D-shaped platform (approx. dims. 50m NE-SW; 37m NW-SE) defined by a scarp. Monument described in 1971 as a large, oval-shaped raised area or platform (41m NE-SW; 36m NW-SE) defined by a poorly preserved earthen bank mainly reduced to a steep scarp. The bank is best preserved at SE and is very fragmentary or denuded to a scarp elsewhere. There is evidence of internal stone facing in places where the bank is upstanding. The slight remains of an external fosse are visible from ESE-SE-S. No entrance feature visible. The interior has a gentle E-facing slope with some traces of cultivation ridge visible. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 07 December 2018