What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cashel South is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cashel South, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a dry hollow on the south-facing slope of a low rise within pasture. The oval site measures forty-four metres north-south and thirty-eight and a half metres east-west. Remains of an earthen bank enclose the area, while a flat-bottomed fosse runs along its southeast and northeast edges.

In pasture, in a dry hollow on the S-facing slope of a low rise. A raised oval area (44m N-S; 38.5m E-W) enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 0.4m) SE-NE. A NNW-SSE field boundary bisects the interior and a second field boundary (on an E-W axis) extends E from the centre. A smaller field boundary and drain (on a NE-SW axis) cross the NW portion of the interior. 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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