What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathmoney is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathmoney, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies poor pasture on a gentle west-facing ridge slope and measures about twenty-seven metres across. A circular scarp and faint bank define the interior, while a three-metre external fosse surrounds the site. Another rath lies ten metres to the west, and a north-south field boundary marks the eastern edge.

In poor pasture, on the gentle W-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (diam. c. 27m), covered with overgrowth, defined by a scarp (H 0.8m) along the W, N and E arcs and by faint traces of a bank (int. H 0.2m) along the S arc. An external fosse (Wth 3m) is evident all round. A possible entrance is at SE. A possible outer bank (Wth 2.2m; ext. H 0.6m) is evident NW-NE. A N-S Field boundary lies immediately to E. Another rath (SL021-074----) lies c. 10m to W. 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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