What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Letterbrone is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Letterbrone, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies level pasture on the southern slopes of the Ox Mountains. A raised circular area measures twenty-three metres across and contains grass-covered stone wall foundations. Field system remains adjoin the cashel at the northeast, east and west.
In level pasture, on the southern slopes of the Ox Mountains. A raised roughly circular area (diam. 23m) enclosed by grass-covered foundations of a stone wall (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.1m). The interior is level. Remains of a field system (SL036-040002-) adjoin the cashel at NE, E and W.
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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