What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Leitrim South is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Leitrim South, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies level pasture on a gentle south-facing slope and preserves a circular stone perimeter, an internal linear wall, and a central underground passage. These visible remains identify the site as a ringfort or cashel rather than an unmarked field.

In level pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. A circular area (diam. 24.5m) enclosed by the remains of a stone wall (Wth 1.1m; H 0.4m) NW-W and by a stone field boundary W-NW. The N half of the interior is raised c. 0.3m to compensate for the hillslope. Foundations of a linear stone wall (6.8m N-S; Wth 0.4m) are visible inside the perimeter on the E side. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL038-048002-) in the centre of the interior. 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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