What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Abbeytown, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies an oval area on a northwest-facing pasture slope with excellent views. A low grass-covered drystone wall encloses the slightly sunken interior, though part of the structure now joins a linear field boundary and a break appears at the south end.

In pasture, on a NW-facing slope with excellent views. An oval area (33.7m NNW-SSE; 19.2m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a low grass-covered drystone wall (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.85m). From NNE-SE the wall has been modified and incorporated into a linear field boundary, aligned NNW-SSE. There is a break (Wth c. 3.8m) in the wall at S. The interior is slightly sunken. 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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