What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Muckelty is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Muckelty, County Sligo, Ireland. The oval site sits in pasture on a break in the steep NE-facing slope of Muckelty Hill, with grass-covered drystone wall foundations marking part of its edge. A man-made underground passage occupies the SW quadrant of the terraced interior.

In pasture, on a break in the steep NE-facing slope of Muckelty Hill. An oval area (29.5m N-S; 34m E-W) terraced into hillslope with the S half c. 0.1m below and N half up to 0.9m above the external ground level. The interior is defined by a scarp (H 0.9m) topped by grass-covered foundations of a drystone wall (Wth 2m; H 0.2m; original Wth 1m) SW-E and by an inner-facing scarp (H 0.1m) E-SW. The interior slopes down gently to NW. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL032-177002-) in the SW 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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