
What is recorded here
The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathgran is in County Sligo, Ireland. The 1914 OS 6-inch map shows a circular embanked area about thirty metres across on a low rise in undulating pasture. The site is now levelled, though a barely perceptible semicircular rise remains nearby.
In undulating pasture, on a low rise. Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked area (diam. c. 30m). This possible rath is now levelled and a barely perceptible semicircular rise was noted in the vicinity.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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