What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Whitehill (tirerrill By., Lakeview Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Whitehill (tirerrill By., Lakeview Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The D-shaped enclosure measures 24 metres north-south and 21 metres east-west, bounded by an earth and stone bank 3.5 metres wide on the northeast and northwest sides. A 3-metre-wide external ditch lies to the southwest, while a possible 3-metre-wide entrance faces southeast.

In pasture, on top of a ridge. A slightly raised D-shaped area (dims. 24m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1m; ext. 1.4m) NE-NW and by a linear E-W field boundary on the straight N side. The remains of a stone kerb is evident along the internal face of the bank. An external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.7m) is evident S-W. There is a possible entrance (Wth 3m) at SE. An infilled quarry lies c. 10m to E. 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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