Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Socks

Located at the summit of an E-W ridge in the Bonet River valley. This is an oval area overgrown area (dims 31.7m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a scarp at N and S (H 0.8m) and by a collapsed drystone wall (Wth of spread 2m; H 0.3m) at W. There is an overgrown earthen mound (dims c. 15m N-S; 8m E-W; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.2m), probably spoil, on the perimeter at E. There is no visible fosse or an identifiable original entrance but the monument is a rath which may have been foreshortened on the E side. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.