What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Doobeg (corran By., Kilturra Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Doobeg (corran By., Kilturra Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It stood on a ridge in a forest as an embanked circular area about thirty metres across, with an external fosse appearing on later maps. Forestry plantation levelled the site around 1984, removing its visible remains from the ground.

In a forest, on top of a ridge. This rath was levelled c. 1984 during forestry plantation and is not visible at ground level. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m). It was similarly indicated on the 1941-2 OS 6-inch map but with an external fosse indicated E-SW. 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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