What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cletty is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cletty, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a drumlin and encloses a circular area thirty-seven metres across with two earthen banks separated by a fosse. The inner bank measures two and a half metres wide and one point two metres high internally, while the outer bank measures one point five metres wide and one point six metres high internally. A one-metre entrance at the northeast crosses the partially quarried fosse through a causeway.

In pasture, on top of a drumlin. A circular area (int. diam. 37m) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.2m) is evident all round. The intervening fosse (Wth 4m) is partially quarried near the entrance at NE. The outer bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 1.5m) is also evident all round. There is an entrance (Wth 1m) at NE with a causeway across the fosse. 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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