What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullycusheen Beg is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullycusheen Beg, County Sligo, Ireland. The 28m circular area sits in pasture on a low rise, bounded southwest to northeast by a 4m wide bank and northeast to southwest by a 1.4m scarp. Overgrowth covers the perimeter, while a quarry stands immediately west.
In pasture, on a low rise. A raised circular area (diam. 28m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.2m) SW-NE and by a scarp (H 1.4m) NE-SW. The perimeter of the rath is covered by overgrowth. There is a quarry immediately to W.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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