
What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Creevagh is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Creevagh, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies an oval raised area measuring 28 by 30 metres on a gentle south-facing slope overlooking Lough Skean. A collapsed stone wall encloses the site, though the eastern arc has fallen down the slope and dense overgrowth now covers the cashel.
In undulating pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Lough Skean to SE. An oval raised area (int. diam. 28m x 30m) enclosed by a collapsed stone wall (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.6m; T 2.4m). Along the E arc the wall has collapsed down the slope. The cashel is densely covered with overgrowth.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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