What is recorded here

Indicated (1838). is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cashel South, County Sligo, Ireland. The D-shaped earthwork sits on a gentle NE-facing pasture slope, with a disused road cutting across its western section. Local tradition holds that the site served as a burial ground for unbaptised children.

In pasture, on a gentle NE-facing slope. A raised D-shaped area (31m NW-SE; 18.5m NE-SW) with a WNW-ESE field boundary forming the straight N side. The interior is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.3m) along the W, E and SE arcs. A disused road cuts the rath off centre to W on a NNE-SSW axis. According to local information, this rath was used as a burial ground (SL037-079002-) for unbaptised children. 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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