What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cuilsheeghary More is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cuilsheeghary More, County Sligo, Ireland. The roughly circular cashel sits on the saddle of a ridge and measures about thirty metres across. Only the southern half survives today, showing two stretches of stone wall built with a rubble core and limestone slab facings. Some slabs stand at right angles to the main wall line.

On the saddle of a ridge. A roughly circular cashel (diam. c. 30m) is visible in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, G 218-17). Only the S half of this remains comprising two stretches of stone wall (Wth 1.75m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1m). The walls are composed of a rubble core with an inner and outer facing of limestone slabs; some slabs are set at right angles to the wall. A slightly curved field boundary is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map to W of the cashel. 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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