Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathbaun

In pasture, at the NE end of a low natural ridge, on a break in a NE-facing slope. A slightly raised roughly circular area (18.5m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by an arc of earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.85m) W-ENE. Along the SE arc, where a field drain has been dug at the base of the bank, the bank has been straightened and increased in height (int. H 0.85m). The bank has been removed by quarrying along the SW arc and the interior is now defined by a scarp (H 0.3m). Rock debris from this quarrying has been dumped in the interior at S and against the external face of the bank at W. The bank also appears to have been straightened along the NE arc due to the construction of a straight NW-SE field boundary (H 0.5m) which abuts its external face. A rath (SL033-002----) lies immediately to SE, in the adjoining field. 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