
What is recorded here
The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rockfinlough is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low rise in undulating pasture immediately north of a road. A raised circular area spans twenty-one metres and contains a level interior. An earthen bank and a scarp with sod-covered stones along the southeast arc define its edge.
In undulating pasture, on a low rise immediately N of a road. A raised circular area (21m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.4m) W-NNE and elsewhere by a scarp with a slight internal lip in places. The edge of the scarp along the SE arc is defined by sod-covered stones. The interior is level.
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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