What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Whitehill (tirerrill By., Aghanagh Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Whitehill (tirerrill By., Aghanagh Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. A circular concave area 32.2 metres across sits inside an earthen bank 1.3 metres wide, 1.1 metres high internally and 1.9 metres high externally, while a separate ditch 2 metres wide and 0.7 metres deep runs outside that bank. The ditch remains visible all round but preserves best along the western and southern arcs, where the almost vertical external bank face suggests possible recutting, and a wide gap opens at the northwest.

In pasture, on the N end of a ridge. A circular concave area (int. diam. 32.2m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.9m) covered with deciduous trees. An external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.7m) is evident all round but best preserved along the W and S arcs; it is possibly recut along the W arc as the external face of the bank is almost vertical at this point. There is a wide gap at NW. 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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