Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumcolumb

At the NW end of a ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 21m N-S) enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.2m) and a shallow external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.2m). Numerous gaps occur in the bank on the S arc, and there is a possible entrance (Wth 2m) in the E arc where there is a more gradual slope down to the exterior. The fosse, marked by a thick ring of rushes, is truncated by a N-S field boundary on the E arc. The interior is also covered with rushes. 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