What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rinbaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rinbaun, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area measures about 22 metres across and contains a man-made underground passage in its south-east quadrant. Field boundaries now cut through the truncated structure on the north-west facing slope.
In pasture, on the NW-facing slope of a rise. A raised roughly circular area (diam. c. 22m) defined by a scarp (max. H 1.2m). The interior slopes down to NW. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL032-124002-) in the SE quadrant. The rath is truncated and surrounded by a number of field boundaries.
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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