What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Spotfield is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Spotfield, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised oval area sits on a ridge above pasture, bordered by a scarp and external ditch. Recent digging widened parts of the ditch and changed the eastern entrance, while a field boundary now covers the western edge. Another possible fort lies immediately north.

In pasture, on top of a ridge with excellent views of the surrounding undulating terrain. A raised roughly oval area (c. 37.5m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined ESE-NE by a scarp (H 1.7m ) with an external fosse (Wth c. 5.5m). A possible outer bank is evident S-WSW as a barely discernible flat-topped rise (Wth c. 3m). The outer edge of the fosse W-NW is incorporated into a field boundary (Wth 1.3m; ext. H 0.8m). At NE-E there is a broad causeway (Wth 11m) across the fosse and the interior is flush with the exterior ground level. This is the result of recent modification of the rath but may mask the original entrance. The fosse appears greatly expanded (Wth 8-9m) at SE and NW due to the quarrying of part of the interior platform. A possible rath (SL026-142002-) lies immediately to N. 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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