What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullnagracken North is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullnagracken North, County Sligo, Ireland. A circular area 25.5m wide is enclosed by a bank reaching 1.3m high on the north side and 0.55m high on the south side, with a width of 1.16m. The site stands on the west edge of a modern housing estate with extensive views in all directions, though scrub now covers much of the earthwork.
In gentle undulating pasture, on a prominent site on the W edge of a modern housing estate. Extensive views in all directions. A circular area (diam 25.5m) is enclosed by a bank (int H at N 1.3m; int H at S 0.55m; ext. H at N 1.3m; ext. H at S 0.3m; Wth 1.16m). There was no fosse or no entrance feature evident. The site is heavily overgrown with scrub.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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