What is recorded here

The fairy fort or stone ringfort in Highwood is in County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in rocky pasture on a cliff edge overlooking Black Lough to the south. The oval area measures twenty four by twenty one metres inside a wall of limestone slabs and rubble. A possible entrance appears at the southwest, while a possible church occupies that quadrant and a possible burial ground lies seventy metres to the northeast.

In rocky pasture, on a cliff edge overlooking Black Lough to S. An oval area (int. diam. 24m x 21m) enclosed by a stone wall (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.85m; T 2.2m) of limestone slabs and rubble. There is a possible entrance (Wth 0.9m) at SW and a possible church (SL041-007001-) in the SW quadrant. A possible burial ground (SL041-008----) lies c. 70m to NE. 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

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