What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Glen Upper is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Glen Upper, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight south-facing slope in wet upland pasture as a raised roughly oval area twenty-six metres north-south and eighteen metres east-west. A scarp of earth rises sixty centimetres around the edge while field drains dug at the external base are now largely silted up. Spoil from those drains sits on part of the scarped edge and the original entrance is no longer recognisable.

Situated on a slight S-facing slope, in gently undulating wet upland pasture. Raised roughly oval area (dims. 26m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed by a scarp of earth (ext. H 0.6m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. Field drains, now relic and largely silted up, have been dug at the external base of the scarped edge on all sides. From WSW-NE the edge of the site has been straightened off and a bank of spoil from the drain dumped on top of the scarped edge. The original line of the edge of the site is preserved NE-SE and a bank of spoil has been dumped on top of the scarped edge. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior undulates irregularly. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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