What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortygara is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortygara, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the eastern end of a ridge in pasture, fifteen metres west of another rath. The roughly circular site measures thirty-four metres across and preserves an earthen bank, shallow external depression, and breaks along its perimeter.

In pasture, on top of the ESE end of a ridge and 15m W of another rath (SL044-006003-). A raised roughly circular area (33.6m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.45m) with a slight internal lip NW-E and elsewhere by a scarp. An external fosse is evident NW-N as a shallow depression (Wth 2.5m; ext. D 0.3m) marked by rushes and irises and N-NE by rushes and irises only. The interior slopes slightly down to S and there is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL044-006002-) in the W half. There is a low slumped section (Wth 2-2.5m) in the scarp at S, now blocked by the post and wire fence that tops the perimeter NE-W. Breaks also occur at ESE (Wth 1.5m) and at WSW (Wth 1.4m). 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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