What is recorded here
The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Oghil is in County Sligo, Ireland. It sat on a north-south ridge in pasture and appeared as a twenty-metre circular enclosure on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map. The earthworks are now levelled, leaving no visible remains at ground level.
Situated on a N-S ridge in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The enclosure has been levelled and there are no remains now visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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