What is recorded here

The fairy fort or stone ringfort in Derrylehan is in County Sligo, Ireland. The circular site measures twenty metres across and sits on an east-west ridge with excellent views in all directions. A rubble limestone bank encloses the area, though field walls have rebuilt parts of the external face and another wall crosses the interior. The original entrance is no longer recognisable because these later structures changed the visible boundary.

Situated on an E-W orientated ridge on a slight NE-facing slope. Views are excellent in all directions. Circular area (diam. 20m) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 1.5-4m; int. H 0.6-0.9m; ext. H 0.6m). No fosse visible. The bank encloses the site SE-NE; the external face has been rebuilt as a field wall SE-W and a field wall has been built on top of the bank W-NE. A NNW-SSE orientated drystone field wall crosses the site intersecting with the cashel bank at NE and at SE. To the E of this wall the bank is absent and the line of the bank is defined by a very slight scarped edge. Original entrance not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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