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In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge, and within a small field. A circular area (int. diam. 29m) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.2m) is evident all round. The intervening fosse has been widened (Wth 4m; D 1.2m) due to quarrying along the SW arc. The outer bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1m) is best preserved along the S arc and is mostly levelled elsewhere. There is a possible entrance (Wth 1m) through the inner bank at SE with a corresponding ramped causeway across the fosse. The OS 6-inch maps show that the rath was enclosed by field boundaries between 1838 and 1913. Recorded in 1836 as 'Doorly Fort' (OSNB vol. 2, 229).
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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