What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tunnagh (corran By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tunnagh (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The earthen bank encloses a circular area 20m north-south and 22.5m east-west, standing 1.6m high inside and 0.4m high outside with a 2.5m width. The west portion of the level interior has been raised about 1m to compensate for the hillslope.
In pasture, on a W-facing slope. A circular area (int. diam. 20m N-S; 22.5m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.4m). The W portion of the level interior has been raised c. 1m to compensate for the hillslope.
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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