What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Claragh Scotch, County Sligo, Ireland. The levelled rath occupies pasture on a break in the south-facing ridge slope. Its remains form a slightly raised oval area thirty-two by forty metres, bounded by a low scarp. Survey maps from 1838 and 1914 both marked the same embanked or raised oval shape.

In pasture, on a break in the S-facing slope of a ridge. The rath is levelled. The remains consist of a slightly raised oval area (32m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.1-0.4m). The rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a hachured oval raised area. 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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