Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cuilmore

In wet pasture, on the top of a drumlin ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 22m E-W; 24.8m N-S) enclosed by an eroded inner earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m). There is a possible outer bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m), with a narrow external drain, incorporated into the field boundary c. 3m outside the inner bank SSW-NNW. The interior slopes down to N. 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