What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Treanmore (corran By.) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Treanmore (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It is an oval area 21.5 metres by 19 metres across, enclosed by a ruinous stone wall 1.5 metres wide and 0.4 metre high. A separate oval annexe, 13 metres by 11 metres across, attaches to the east edge with walls 1.3 metres wide.

In pasture, on a ridge overlooking Lough Gowra and within a field system (SL040-063001-). An oval area (int. diam. 21.5m x 19m) enclosed by a ruinous stone wall (Wth 1.5m; H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m) which is topped by a stone field boundary wall SW-N. Stones and rock outcrops were noted in the interior. Attached to the E edge is an oval stone-built annexe (int. diam. 13m x 11m) (SL040-068002-) with ruinous walls (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m; Wth 1.3m) and an uneven interior. There is a hut site (SL040-063002-) c. 100m to SW and another (SL040-063003-) c. 40m to SSW. 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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