Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullymoy

In pasture, on a rise. The remains of a raised circular area (diam. 28m) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m) NNW-E and SE-SW; the bank is eroded E-SE and quarried away W-NNW. An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 0.4m) is evident ESE-NW. The interior is heavily poached by cattle. 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