What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilvarnet North is in County Sligo, Ireland. It is a ringfort or rath in undulating pasture on a low knoll. A raised circular area measures thirty-four metres across and has a low flat-topped earthen bank on the south-east and east with a scarp elsewhere. A dry flat-bottomed fosse and an outer earthen bank are evident all round, while cultivation ridges cross the interior.

In undulating pasture, on top of a low knoll. A raised circular area (34m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by a low flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.8m) SE-E and by a scarp elsewhere. An external dry flat-bottomed, fosse (Wth 5m) and an outer flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.4m) are evident all round. The interior is crossed by the remains of cultivation ridges. 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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