What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Leitrim North is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on an east-facing ridge slope and preserves a roughly circular earthen bank, a northeast entrance with a stone-lined passage, and a possible interior hut site. Cattle and sheep have eroded parts of the bank, while cultivation ridges and a farm road remain visible beside the monument.

In pasture, on the E-facing slope of a ridge. A slightly raised roughly circular area (27.5m N-S; c. 29m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2m) NNE-SE and for a short section along the SW arc, and by a scarp (H 0.5m) elsewhere. The bank is eroded in places by cattle and sheep. The entrance is at NE, approached from the outside by a stone-lined passage (Wth 3m; L 10.3m). The interior slopes down slightly to E. There is a possible hut site (SL031-014002-) in the SE quadrant. A bullaun stone (SL031-063----) lies c. 50m to SE. Cultivation ridges were noted in the same field, to E and S of the rath. A farm road lies immediately to N. 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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