What is recorded here
Fairy fort / ringfort in Coolbeg is a fairy fort or ringfort in Coolbeg, County Sligo, Ireland. The site sits in level wet pasture and appeared as a small, roughly circular enclosure measuring about twenty metres on the 1836-7 OS map. It disappeared from the 1940-1 map because the ground was levelled, leaving no visible remains today.
Situated in level wet pasture. Depicted as a small, roughly circular enclosure (diam. c.20m) on the 1836-7 edition of the OS 6'' map but not shown on the 1940-1 edition.The site has been levelled and there are no remains visible 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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