What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killaraght is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killaraght, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the top of a narrow east-west ridge in rough grazing. A circular area about thirty-six metres across contains a slightly dome-shaped interior covered in rushes. Remains of an earthen bank and low scarps define the boundary, while a rath and bowl-barrow lie nearby.

In rough grazing, straddling the top of a narrow E-W ridge. A circular area (c. 36m N-S; 36.5m E-W) defined by the remains of an earthen bank. The interior is defined NE-SE by a slight flat-topped rise (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.1m), SE-SW by a barely perceptible scarp, WSW-NW by remains of a levelled bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.2m) and NNW-NNE by a low scarp (H 0.6m). The interior is slightly dome-shaped following the natural contour of the ridge and is covered in rushes. Inside the bank at E and W is a band of slightly wetter ground (Wth c. 2.5m) which dips slightly below the level of the interior. A field boundary and drain lie immediately to N. A rath (SL047-078----) lies c. 20m to W and a bowl-barrow (SL047-079----) c. 70m to NW. 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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