What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Derreens, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the summit of a ridge in pasture and measures roughly 26.8m north-south by 28.5m east-west. A flat-topped earthen bank and external boggy fosse define its western and northern edges, while a western entrance provides a ramp up from the ditch.

In pasture, on the summit of a ridge. A raised roughly circular area (26.8m N-S; 28.5m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2m) W-N and by a scarp (H 0.6m) elsewhere. An external flat-bottomed boggy fosse (Wth 6.5m) is evident SW-NW with a counterscarp bank (Wth 3.6m; ext. H 0.4m) evident WNW-NNW. The entrance (Wth 3m), with a ramp up from the fosse, is at W. The interior slopes slightly down to E. A field boundary skirts the rath SSW-NW. 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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