What is recorded here
Fairy fort / ringfort in Loughanelteen is a fairy fort or ringfort in Loughanelteen, County Sligo, Ireland. The site sits on a steep southwest-facing slope in undulating pasture, though scrub and hazel trees now cover the area. Maps from 1837 and 1912 showed an oval or circular enclosure about twenty metres wide, but the ground has been levelled and no visible trace remains.
Situated on a steep SW-facing slope in undulating pasture. The area is heavily covered with scrub and hazel trees. Depicted on the 1837 edition of the OS 6'' map as an oval-shaped enclosure and on the 1912 edition as a hachured roughly circular area (diam. c.20m). The site has been levelled; no visible surface trace at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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- What survives
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