
What is recorded here
Rathmulpatrick is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathmulpatrick, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies pasture on a ridge and contains a level circular area twenty-one metres wide. An earthen bank four metres thick and one point four metres high surrounds the interior, while an external fosse appears along the northeast and northwest edges. Stones within the bank may remain from an earlier stone facing.
In pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 21m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.4m). An external fosse (Wth 4m) is evident NE-NW. Stones incorporated into the bank may be the remains of stone facing. The interior is level.
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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