What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Abbeyville OR Ardlaherty is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Abbeyville OR Ardlaherty, County Sligo, Ireland. The earthwork occupies pasture on a ridge and forms a roughly circular raised area measuring 46 metres north-south and 45 metres east-west. An earthen bank 3.2 metres wide encloses the site, rising 1.15 metres internally and 2.3 metres externally above a shallow external fosse 5.4 metres wide and 0.25 metre deep. The western arc is cut back with dumped material forming a field boundary, while the uneven interior slopes downward toward the east.

In pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 46m N-S; 45m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 1.15m; ext. H 2.3m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 5.4m; D 0.25m). The bank is cut back along the W arc and material dumped on it to form a field boundary. The surface of the interior is uneven and slopes down to E. 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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