What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Bunduff is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Bunduff, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a level summit on a low broad ridge in gently undulating pasture. A slightly raised roughly circular area measures 16 metres north-south and 15 metres east-west. An earth and stone scarp encloses the western and south-western edges.
Situated on level summit of low broad WSW-ENE ridge in gently undulating pasture. The walls of the cashel have been removed. Slightly raised roughly circular area (dims. 16m N-S; 15m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone scarp (Wth 0.4m; H 0.6m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The scarp encloses the site WNW-WSW. From WSW-WNW, the scarp has been removed by a small quarry cut into a natural W-facing slope that lies immediately W of the site. The original entrance is not recognisable. A NNE-SSW orientated relic field bank abuts the scarped edge at SW and at NW.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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