What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Coolrecuill is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolrecuill, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a rise overlooking the River Moy to the north. A three-metre-wide earthen bank forms a circular area about thirty-one and a half metres across, while a faint external fosse marks the south-west arc. The west arc now joins a north-west to south-east field boundary.

In pasture, on top of a rise overlooking the River Moy to N. A raised circular area (diam. c. 31.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m) along the SW and W arcs with faint traces of an external fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.5m) along the SW arc. The W arc is incorporated into a NW-SE field boundary. 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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