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. It occupies the top of a drumlin with a commanding view. A roughly circular raised area measures 32 metres north-south and 28.9 metres east-west inside an earthen bank 3.4 metres wide. The bank stands 0.55 metres high internally and 1.6 metres high externally, while an external fosse 3.4 metres wide and 0.3 metre deep surrounds it.

On top of a drumlin, with a commanding view. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 32m N-S; 28.9m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.6m) with an external fosse (Wth 3.4m; D 0.3m). A drain has been dug along the inside of the bank on the E side where the bank is incorporated into a field boundary. The entrance (Wth 1.9m) is at S with a causeway across the fosse. The interior is slightly concave and slopes down gently 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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