What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Castlegal (carbury By., Cliffony North Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The circular cashel sits on a level hilltop in pasture and contains a twenty-one-metre area surrounded by an un-mortared limestone wall. A four-metre infilled break at the south-west may mark the original entrance, while a smaller modern opening appears at the north.
Situated on level summit of elongated E-W orientated hill in pasture. Circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a limestone wall (int. H 1.35m; ext. H 1.65m; T 2.05m). There is no indication of a fosse at ground level. The wall is constructed of un-mortared, un-coursed rubble limestone. An infilled break (Wth 4m) in the cashel wall at SSW may mark the position of the original entrance. There is a modern break (Wth 1m) through the cashel wall at N.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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