What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Claragh Scotch, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a south-facing ridge slope in pasture, forming a raised circular area roughly thirty-six metres across. A flat-topped earthen bank and scarp define the perimeter, while a dry external fosse appears along the southeast and north. A north-south field boundary bisects the interior, and a hut site sits off-centre to the northwest near a disused farmhouse.

In pasture, on the S-facing slope of a ridge. A raised circular area (c. 36m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7m) S-N and by a scarp (H 1.8m) elsewhere. A dry flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 4.2m; D 1m) is evident SSE-N. The interior is bisected by a N-S field boundary. There is a hut site (SL032-022002-) situated off-centre to NW. A disused farmhouse and outbuilding are to NE. 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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