What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cloghmine is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cloghmine, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture at the edge of a scarp on a west-facing slope, enclosing an oval area twenty-three and a half by nineteen metres. A sod-covered stone wall borders the gently sloping interior, reaching its best preservation on the northern arc where three limestone blocks form the outer face.

In pasture, at the edge of a scarp on a W-facing slope. An oval area (int. diam. 23.4m x 19m) enclosed by a sod-covered stone wall, best preserved on the N arc (Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.9m) where three limestone blocks form its outer face. The interior is gently sloping. 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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