What is recorded here
Fairy fort / ringfort in Colgagh is a fairy fort or ringfort in Colgagh, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a slight south-facing slope behind a modern house and appeared as a roughly circular enclosure on the 1837 and 1912 Ordnance Survey maps. The 1912 drawing marked an interior about twenty metres across, but the ground has since been levelled and no surface trace remains.
Situated on a slight S-facing slope in rear garden of modern house. Depicted on the 1837 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure. On the 1912 edition the interior (diam. c.20m) is defined by hachures. The site has been levelled and there are no visible surface trace at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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