What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Oghambaun is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Oghambaun, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a D-shaped area on a gentle SE-facing slope, enclosed by a grass-covered drystone wall and positioned about 20m north of a rath. A raised section at the northwest corner remains separated from the main interior by a lower drystone wall.
In pasture, on a gentle SE-facing slope and in the W corner of a field, c. 20m N of a rath (SL038-038002-). A D-shaped area (dims. 30m N-S) with a straight S side (L 28m), enclosed by a grass-covered drystone wall (Wth 4m; H 0.6m) topped by a drystone field boundary wall along the W and N arcs. A raised area (c. 10m N-S; c. 12m E-W; H 0.4m) at the NW corner of the interior is separated from the remainder by a drystone wall (Wth 1.3m; H 0.1m) along the E and S sides.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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