What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Treanmore (corran By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Treanmore (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in boggy pasture on a drumlin top, enclosing a raised circular area twenty-four by twenty-two metres wide. An eroded earthen bank surrounds the interior, while a 3.4-metre-wide ditch and an outer bank mark the exterior boundary. A causeway crosses the ditch at the eastern entrance, and a broad berm separates the ditch from the outer bank along the northern arc.

In boggy pasture, on the top of a drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 24m x 22m) enclosed by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.25m), an external fosse (Wth 3.4m) and a counterscarp bank (Wth 0.6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.3m). The entrance (Wth 3.3m) is at E with a causeway (Wth 4.5m) across the fosse. There is a berm (Wth 2.4m) between the fosse and the counterscarp bank along the N arc. The interior rises towards the centre. The fosse and part of the interior at NW have been quarried into. 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 Attached images: SL040-007----_01.JPG Rath viewed from NW SL040-007----_01.JPG Fosse and external bank at SW

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