What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Moytirra West is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Moytirra West, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a south-west facing slope on the rocky Moytirra ridge, near the western cliff edge. A ruined stone wall, two metres wide and sixty centimetres high, encloses a circular area nineteen metres across. The wall has been rebuilt along its south-west and western arcs.

On a SW-facing slope of the rocky Moytirra ridge, near the cliff-edge at W. A circular area (int. diam. 19m) enclosed by a ruined stone wall (Wth 2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.6m) which has been rebuilt along the SW and W arcs. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL034-209002-) in the level interior; there is a limestone boulder and a hut site (SL034-209003-) in the NW quadrant. 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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