What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Derreens, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a circular pasture area on the north-facing slope of a ridge, enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank with traces of external drystone walling. Hawthorn bushes grow on the bank, while a trackway approaches from the northwest and skirts the western half.

In pasture, on the N-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (36.5m N-S; 36.5m E-W) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m). The N portion is raised c. 0.7m to compensate for the hillslope. Traces of an external facing of drystone walling are evident in places; cattle gaps were noted at N and S. The interior slopes gently down to N. Hawthorn bushes grow on the bank. A trackway approaches the rath from NW and skirts the W half of it. 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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