What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonarara, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low ridge in pasture with a commanding view in all directions. A grass-covered circular area measures about 37 metres across and contains a flat-topped earthen bank 3.9 metres wide, 0.6 metres high internally and 1.8 metres high externally from southeast to northwest, while a 1.2-metre scarp encloses the remainder. Gaps appear in the bank at the northeast and west-southwest.

In pasture, on top of a low ridge with a commanding view in all directions. A raised circular area (diam. c. 37m) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.8m) SE-NNW and by a scarp (H 1.2m) elsewhere. There is a gap in the bank at NE and WSW. The rath is grass-covered. 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

Cloonarara is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, characterized by a flat-topped bank and scarp. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy dwellings, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in supernatural inhabitants.

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