What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lackancahill is in County Sligo, Ireland. It is a raised circular platform about twenty-six metres across, enclosed partly by a degraded earthen bank and partly by a scarp. A narrow break in the south-east bank may mark the original entrance, while quarrying has disturbed the inside and created a deep outside depression whose purpose remains unclear.

Situated on a raised area in undulating pasture. Raised circular platform (diam. 26.3m) enclosed at S by a much degraded, earthen bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 2.8m). Elsewhere the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 2.2m at W). There is a deep depression (Wth 5m) outside the scarp at NE–SE but it is not clear if this represents a fosse or results from relatively recent quarrying. A break (Wth. c. 2m) in the bank at SSE may represent the original entrance. The enclosed area has been disturbed by quarrying. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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