What is recorded here

The fairy fort or stone ringfort in Lugnadeffa is in County Sligo, Ireland. It is a roughly oval stone enclosure in rough pasture on a north-facing slope. A wide southern entrance connects the main area to a second conjoined enclosure beside it. The rubble wall still stands around one and a half metres high on the outside.

In rough pasture, on a N-facing slope. A roughly oval area (int. diam. 22m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed by a rubble wall (T 1.2m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m). The interior is overgrown and slopes down to N. The entrance (Wth 7.5m) at S gives access to a similar conjoined enclosure or annexe (int. diam. 17m N-S; 16m E-W) to S. 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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