What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moylough is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moylough, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies flat pasture as a raised circular area thirty by thirty-one metres across. An earthen bank and scarp define most of the perimeter, while a field boundary cuts through the northern arc. A shallow external fosse and a band of rushes mark the remaining entrance features.

In flat pasture. A raised circular area (30m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.55m) NE-SSE and SSW-NNW and by a scarp SSE-SSW. A field boundary truncates the N arc of the rath. An external fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 0.1m) is evident WSW-NNW. A band of rushes (Wth 2-3m) probably indicates the line of a silted-up fosse NE-SSE. The interior is raised c. 0.85m above external ground level. 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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