What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Lugnadeffa is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Lugnadeffa, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area measures about thirty metres and sits in pasture close to the Sligo-Ballina road. A collapsed stone wall encloses the site, reaching 1.8 metres externally and 0.4 metres internally across a 3.2 metre thickness. Overgrowth now covers the cashel, making it inaccessible.

In pasture, close to the Sligo-Ballina road. A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m N-S) enclosed by a collapsed stone wall (T 3.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.8m). The cashel is covered with overgrowth and is inaccessible. 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

A fairy fort or early-medieval ringfort in Lugnadeffa, marked by a raised circular area with a collapsed stone wall, likely dates to the early medieval period and may have served as a defensive or ritual site. Local tradition associates such forts with fairy folk, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in supernatural inhabitants.

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