What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rosmore is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rosmore, County Sligo, Ireland. The site sits on a south-facing slope below a ridge summit, though dense blackthorn bushes now block entry. Its southern interior rises to balance the hillslope, and a narrow external fosse remains visible along the northwest arc. Maps from 1838 and 1914 show the embanked area changing from a circular shape about twenty metres across to an oval measuring thirty by twenty metres.

On a S-facing slope, below the summit of a ridge. The rath is inaccessible due to dense overgrowth of blackthorn bushes. The S half of the interior appears to be raised to compensate for the hillslope. A small portion of the external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.8m) is evident along the NW arc. Indicated as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 20m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map while it is more oval (c. 30m x 20m) on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. 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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