Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Magheralackagh

In a forest, on the E-facing slope of a ridge immediately N of the townland boundary between Magheralackagh and Drumbeg South. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked area (diam. c. 25m) truncated along the NW arc by a field boundary. It is probably one of the two forts (see SL035-092----) recorded (in this case mistakenly) in 1836 in the NW end of Drumbeg South (OSNB vol. 2, 198). 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