What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Emlagh (coolavin By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Emlagh (coolavin By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies undulating pasture on a ridge, forming a slightly raised circular area thirty-one metres across. An earthen bank two metres wide and one point eight metres high encloses the space, while a shallow external fosse three metres wide cuts into the ground beside it. A two-metre entrance at the west carries a causeway across the fosse, and the south-west side shows evidence of quarrying.

In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 31m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.8m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.6m). The entrance (Wth 2m) is at W with a causeway across the fosse. The ground at the SW side of the rath has been quarried. Remains of an outer bank are visible N-SE in an aerial photograph (CUCAP, AJR 7). Another rath (SL047-019----) lies c. 150m to W. 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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