Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathgeean

In rough pasture, at the W end of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 23.3m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) along the E, S and W arcs, and truncated along the N arc by an E-W field boundary. An external fosse (Wth 2.2m) is evident all round. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at E. A field boundary curves around the W half of the perimeter. 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