What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Gortarowey is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Gortarowey, County Sligo, Ireland. The cashel forms a 26m circular area enclosed by a low rubble limestone bank 4 to 5.25m wide and 0.3 to 0.45m high. Field clearance rubble added from the south west obscures the edges, while the north east band remains denuded with a low broad profile. Two straight drystone field walls intersect near the centre, but the original entrance is no longer recognisable.

Situated on slight SSW-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. The cashel consists of a circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by a low bank of rubble limestone (Wth 4-5.25m; int. H 0.3-0.45m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From NE-E the band is very denuded and has a low broad profile. From S-W field clearance rubble has been added to the bank obscuring the edges. Two straight drystone field walls, one intersecting with the edge of the cashel at NW wall at SW and the other at ESE and at W, intersect at an approximate right angle to SW of centre. The original entrance is not recognisable. A possible enclosure (SL008-043001-) is located on the W side of the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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