What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Woodfield (tirerrill By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Woodfield (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The circular area measures 35 metres north-south and about 38 metres east-west in marshy ground on a south-facing ridge slope. A stone-faced earthen bank, 1.8 metres wide with an outside height of 1.1 metres and inside height of 0.15 metres, encloses the overgrown space, with a possible external fosse beyond it.

In marshy ground, on the S-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (35m N-S; c. 38m E-W), densely covered with overgrowth, enclosed by a stone-faced earthen bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.1m) with a possible external fosse. 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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