What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Achonry, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a gentle north-facing slope overlooking a stream fifty metres away. A flat-topped earthen bank encloses an oval area forty metres long and thirty-three metres wide, though gaps and scars break parts of the circle. A shallow external ditch appears along the northwest and southeast sections.

On a gentle N-facing slope, overlooking a stream c. 50m to N. A raised oval area (40m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.2m) except along the E and NW arcs where a scarp exists. An external fosse (Wth 3.7m; D 0.1m) is evident NNW-SE. There are numerous gaps in the bank. A drainage ditch skirts the bank along the NW arc. 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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