What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cabragh (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The circular earthwork spans roughly thirty metres across a low pasture rise. Field fences cut through the centre and northeast edge while blackthorn bushes obscure the eastern half. Quarrying removed part of the southern perimeter though a short earthen bank and external ditch remain visible at the northwest.

In pasture, located on a low rise in gently undulating terrain. Raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a scarp. The rath is bisected roughly centrally by a field fence, on a N–S axis. A second field fence extends to ESE from the N–S fence, cutting across the NE edge of the rath. To E of the N–S fence the rath is almost entirely obscured by blackthorn bushes. The W half of the rath is grass-covered but the perimeter at S–NW has been partly quarried away. A short section of earthen bank survives at NW. At S–NW there is an external ditch or fosse (ext. D 0.6m), varying in width from c. 4-6m, with a low bank (Wth 1m) of upcast soil on its external edge in parts. The ditch appears to be the result of the quarrying activity but may incorporate an original enclosing fosse. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 15 April 2013

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