What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cunghill, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies level pasture as a roughly circular bank thirty-seven metres across at the base and raised three to four metres above the ground. A dry flat-bottomed fosse encloses the base, while an outer bank defines the northern edge and a ramped entrance opens on the east. A square depression and an underground passage remain inside the earthworks.

In pasture, on level ground. A roughly circular area (diam. at base 37m; at summit 28m N-S; 31.5m E-W) raised 3.1-4m above the surrounding ground level and enclosed at base by dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5m; max. D 0.6m). An outer bank (Wth 6m; ext. H 0.7m) defines the edge of the fosse along the N arc. A ramped entrance is at the E side. There is a square depression (2m x 2m; D 0.9m) in the interior off-centre to NW and a Man-made underground passage (SL032-053002-) in the E half of the interior. A quarry cuts into the scarp along the SW 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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