What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tawnagh (tirerrill By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tawnagh (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a north-facing slope just below the summit of a low ridge. A field boundary and drain cut through the middle of the circular remains. The northeast side keeps a five-metre-wide raised arc with a one-metre-high steep edge, while the southwest side shows a broader seventeen-and-a-half-metre-wide low arc and a three-metre-wide shallow hollow.

In pasture, just off the summit and on a N-facing slope of a low ridge. The remains of a slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 20m) straddling a NW-SE field boundary and drain. An arc of raised area (Wth 5m) defined by a scarp (H 1m) remains on NE side of the field boundary; slight traces of a low arc (Wth 17.5m) are evident on the SW side of the field boundary with a slight hollow (Wth 3m) to SW. 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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