What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullymoy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullymoy, County Sligo, Ireland. The surviving structure is a raised circular area 28 metres across, defined by a flat-topped earthen bank 3 metres wide, 0.8 metres high internally and 1.5 metres high externally. The bank remains NNW-E and SE-SW, but is eroded E-SE and quarried away W-NNW. An external flat-bottomed ditch 5.5 metres wide and 0.4 metre deep is evident ESE-NW.

In pasture, on a rise. The remains of a raised circular area (diam. 28m) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m) NNW-E and SE-SW; the bank is eroded E-SE and quarried away W-NNW. An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 0.4m) is evident ESE-NW. The interior is heavily poached by cattle. 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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