What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cunghill, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a pasture on the south-facing slope of a ridge, forming a roughly circular area bounded partly by a flat-topped earthen bank and partly by a scarp. A dry flat-bottomed fosse runs all round the exterior, while a short outer earthen bank appears along the southeast arc. The interior contains a man-made underground passage in its western half and slopes gently downward toward the southeast.

In pasture, on the S-facing slope of a ridge. A roughly circular area (31m N-S; 27.7m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.8m) E-N and by a scarp elsewhere. An external dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.7m; D 0.3m) is evident all round, with a short section of an outer earthen bank (ext. H 0.6m) along the SE arc. A field boundary respects the edge of the fosse SW-E. The interior slopes gently down to SE and the S portion is raised to compensate for the hillslope. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL032-095002-) in the W half of the interior. A lane is indicated skirting the S arc on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. 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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