Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardmoyle

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 low narrow ridge. A slightly raised oval area (22.8m N-S; 27.7m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m) SSW-SSE and by a scarp (H 0.85m), modified to conform to an adjacent E-W field boundary, SSE-SSW. The bank is evident SW-N as an eroded earthen rise with numerous small breaks and is incorporated into a field boundary, topped with a post and wire fence, NNE-SSE. There is a gap (Wth 1.5m) at SE. A shallow depression (Wth 2.4m) outside the scarp SSE-SSW, continues to the W beyond the rath. The interior is poorly drained and is poached by cattle. The perimeter is ringed with hawthorn, ash and brambles and is eroded by cattle. 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.