Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Rue

On level ground, bisected by a N-S road on the E side of which is the car park of St Attracta's cemetery. The remains of a raised circular area (diam. 33.5m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2m) S-NNW and by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H c. 1m) N-E, topped by foundations of a drystone wall. The bank is levelled E-S to accommodate an extension to the cemetery. An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6m; D 1.3m) is evident S-N and N-E. A counterscarp bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.1; ext. H 0.5m) is evident S-N. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL037-054002) in the SW quadrant. The cashel is covered with overgrowth. 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