What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Leaffony is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight elevation of dry ground beside the Leaffony River. A steep earthen bank, wide in places and reinforced with large stones, encloses a circular area twenty-four metres across. A narrow eroded break at the north edge may mark a blocked entrance.

Located on a slight elevation of dry ground in generally lowlying, damp pasture, c. 140m SW of the Leaffony River. Raised circular area (diam. 24m NW–SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6m at N, 3.3m at SE; int. H 0.6m at N, 1.1m at SE; ext. H 1.5m at N, 1.4m at SE). The external face of the bank is steep, almost vertical, and incorporates large stones in parts, suggesting that the bank has been modified in the relatively recent past. At N there is a narrow eroded break (c. 0.5m), adjacent to a section of bank which is low and incorporates large stones. This may mark a blocked up entrance feature. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 16 April 2013

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