What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moytirra West is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moytirra West, County Sligo, Ireland. The slightly raised circular area sits in undulating rocky pasture and measures 34 metres north-south by 35 metres east-west. An earth and stone bank defines the southern and western edges while a slight scarp marks the northern and eastern sides. A drystone wall replaces part of the bank on the east and south-east, and the level interior remains clear of overgrowth.

In undulating rocky pasture. A slightly raised roughly circular area (34m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.8m) SSE-N and by a slight scarp N-E.The bank has been replaced by a drystone wall E-SSE. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. A relict field boundary (L 20m; Wth top 0.8m; Wth base 2m; H 0.4m) abuts the external face of the bank at S and a drystone field wall abuts the bank at N. 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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