What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Drumcondra is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Drumcondra, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area straddles the east end of a narrow ridge in pasture. A low stone bank encloses the site, with a possible entrance at the east and three interior mounds that probably mark a field boundary. Another cashel lies about sixty metres to the north-northwest.
In pasture, at the E end of a narrow ridge. A raised circular area (25.7m N-S; 27.4m E-W) straddling the ridge top, enclosed by a low bank of stone (T 3.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) which survives best along the ENE and S arcs. There is a possible entrance (Wth 6m) at E. Three low mounds of earth and stone in the interior are probably the remains of a field boundary. A cashel (SL021-070----) lies c. 60m to NNW.
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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