Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cooperhill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

In pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised circular area (30m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse (Wth 4m). The inner bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.8m) is faced with stones internally. The outer bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.8m) is stone-faced in parts externally, incorporated into a field boundary along the S arc, levelled along the NE and E arcs with only a low rise remaining. The inner bank is quarried into for a length of 7m and 8m along NE and E arcs respectively. Some beech trees grow on the bank and in the interior. 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.