What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumcolumb is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumcolumb, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular earthwork stands in rough pasture on a steep southwest-facing ridge slope. A five-metre-wide bank and shallow scarp enclose the twenty-eight-by-twenty-five-metre interior, while a faint external ditch marks the northern edge.

In rough pasture, on the steep SW-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (28m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.8m) W-E and by a scarp (H 0.4m) E-W. A slight trace of an external fosse (Wth c. 2m) is evident along the N arc. The interior slopes down to S. 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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